Not necessarily an easy read, but a fascinating, sad and rather tragic story. Written as Moll Flander's autobiography, it was originally published anonymously with Dafoe only being linked to the novel after his death.
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First published in 1722, Daniel Defoe's "e;Moll Flanders"e; is the classic and tragic morality tale of its title character. Based in part on the true story of a female criminal that Defoe met in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is the daughter of a convict and is driven by a singular ambition, to raise her station in life, by any means necessary. In the process of trying to lift herself out of squalor and become a lady she is married several times, abandons her many children, and eventually resorts to thievery and prostitution in her constant quest for a better life.
| Primary Genre | Classic fiction: general and literary |
First published in 1722, Daniel Defoe's "e;Moll Flanders"e; is the classic and tragic morality tale of its title character. Based in part on the true story of a female criminal that Defoe met in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is the daughter of a convict and is driven by a singular ambition, to raise her station in life, by any means necessary.
Moll Flanders features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Fiction
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Moll Flanders was written by Daniel Defoe and published by Neeland Media LLC
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