The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Penguin Popular Classics)
by Daniel Defoe
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140620257
- ISBN 13
- 9780140620252
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Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. One of the earliest and most vivid female narrators in the history of the English novel, Moll recounts her adventures with irresistible wit and candour - and enough guile that the reader is left uncertain whether she is ultimately a redeemed sinner or a successful opportunist.
Synopsis
Written in a time when criminal biographies enjoyed great success, Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief. The story of Moll Flanders vividly illustrates Defoe's themes of social mobility and predestination, sin, redemption and reward. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1721 edition printed by Chetwood in London, the only edition approved by Defoe.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Books of the World (US)
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- Title
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Penguin Popular Classics)
- Author
- Daniel Defoe
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140620257
- ISBN 13
- 9780140620252
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- February 1994
- Pages
- 376
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- fiction, crime, humor, women, female, English, England, British, Britain, Virginia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Erotica; Humor, Comedy, Satire, Funny stuff; Britain; Virginia;
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