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First published in 1722, 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.
"Moll Flanders" is among some of the first works to be written in novel form, a lengthy fictional work written in prose. Because the novel had not yet gained wide popularity, the work is written as though it is an autobiographical report by Moll, herself. This pattern is seen in many of the early novels.
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GenreHistorical Fiction, Literary Classics, General Fiction
Length13 hrs 4 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 13, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AUTHOR’S PREFACE
2VOLUME I - The FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE FAMOUS MOLL FLANDERS (pt. 1)
3VOLUME I - The FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE FAMOUS MOLL FLANDERS (pt. 2)
4VOLUME I - The FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE FAMOUS MOLL FLANDERS (pt. 3)
5VOLUME II - The FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE FAMOUS MOLL FLANDERS (pt. 1)
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6VOLUME II - The FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE FAMOUS MOLL FLANDERS (pt. 2)
7VOLUME II - The FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF THE FAMOUS MOLL FLANDERS (pt. 3)
8APPENDIX: “ON THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN” - by Daniel Defoe