ReviewsThe tale is the more compelling because (Moll) is looking back ruefully on her misadventures in older age, examining her own motives with withering candour, "If Defoe can be revered as the godfather of the romantic romp then his character Moll can be hailed as the godmother of feisty literary heroines." -- Independent, "Defoe conveys very forcefully that wit, courage and enterprise are valuable attributes for a woman." - Guardian, "Defoe conveys very forcefully that wit, courage and enterprise are valuable attributes for a woman." -- Guardian, "If Defoe can be revered as the godfather of the romantic romp then his character Moll can be hailed as the godmother of feisty literary heroines." - Independent, "The tale is the more compelling because Moll is looking back ruefully on her misadventures in older age, examining her own motives with withering candour." - Guardian
Dewey Decimal823.5
SynopsisThe original salacious story of a bad girl who makes goodThese are the fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders: born in Newgate Prison, 12 years a prostitute, five times a wife (once to her own brother), 12 years a thief, and eight years a transported felon in Her Majesty's colony of Virginia. Daniel Defoe's rollicking tale presents life in the prisons, alleyways, and underworlds of 18th-century London, and gives us Mollscandalous, unscrupulous and utterly irresistible.", These are the fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders- born in Newgate Prison, twelve years a prostitute, five times a wife (once to her own brother), twelve years a thief and eight years a transported felon in Her Majesty's colony of Virginia. Daniel Defoe's rollicking tale presents life in the prisons, alleyways and underworlds of eighteenth-century London, and gives us Moll - scandalous, unscrupulous and utterly irresistible.