18th century
A01=Daniel Defoe
adultery
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Daniel Defoe
automatic-update
Category1=Fiction
Category=FBC
Category=FC
Category=FJ
Classic
COP=United Kingdom
Defoe
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
English literature
episodic
eq_bestseller
eq_classics
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
Evergreens
Language_English
love
marriage
Moll King
morality
new world
PA=Available
picaresque
Price_€5 to €10
PS=Active
relationships
Robinson Crusoe
sexual relationship
SN=Alma Classics Evergreens
socioeconomic
softlaunch
spirituality
tragedy
women
Product details
- ISBN 9781847498090
- Weight: 290g
- Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 27 Nov 2019
- Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Born in Newgate Prison to an incarcerated mother, Moll Flanders is compelled from earliest childhood to make her own way in the world and to live off her wit and beauty. Her desire to climb the rungs of society leads her through a tangled web of incest, adultery, prostitution, deception and theft, before she is eventually transported to the New World for her crimes.
Presented as Moll’s autobiography, and published anonymously, the novel, through its self-made protagonist, highlights the intricacies and double standards of Moll’s contemporary society, and offers an irresistible and evocative insight into both the drawing rooms and seedy back alleys of seventeenth-century England.
A prolific journalist and pamphleteer, Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) is best remembered for his contribution to the English novel, with works such as Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders considered pioneers of their genre.
