{"product_id":"moll-flanders-the-fortunes-and-misfortunes-of-the-famous-moll-flanders-paperback","title":"Moll Flanders: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Blewett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Defoe's bawdy tale of a woman's struggle for independence and redemption, \u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders \u003c\/i\u003eis edited with an introduction and notes by David Blewett in Penguin Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll Flanders' drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief ('the greatest Artist of my time') before her crimes catche up with her, and she is transported to the colony of Virginia in the New World. If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan's tale of sin and repentance, through self-made, self-reliant Moll, Daniel Defoe's rich subtext conveys all the paradoxes and amoralities of the struggle for property and power in the newly individualistic society of Eighteenth-century England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the first edition of 1722, this volume includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, notes on currency and maps of London and Virginia in the late seventeenth century.\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, spy, and political pamphleteer. Over the course of his life Daniel Defoe wrote over two hundred and fifty books on economics, history, biography and crime, but is best remembered for the fiction he produced in late life, which includes \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e (1719), \u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders\u003c\/i\u003e (1722) and \u003ci\u003eRoxana\u003c\/i\u003e (1724). Defoe had a great influence on the development of the English novel and many consider him to be the first true novelist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Samuel Richardson's \u003ci\u003ePamela\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e was born Daniel Foe in London in 1660. It was perhaps ineveitable that Defoe, an outspoken man, would become a political journalist. As a Puritan he believed God had given him a mission to print the truth, that is, to proselytize on religion and politics, and he became a prolific pamphleteer satirizing the hypocrisies of both Church and State. Defoe admired William III, and his poem\u003ci\u003eThe True-Born Englishman \u003c\/i\u003e(1701) won him the King's friendship. But an ill-timed satire on High Church extremists, \u003ci\u003eThe Shortest Way with the Dissenters\u003c\/i\u003e, published during Queen Anne's reign, resulted in his being pilloried and imprisoned for seditious libel in 1703. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At fifty-nine Defoe turned to fiction, completing \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e(1719), partly based on the saga of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor; \u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders\u003c\/i\u003e (1722); \u003ci\u003eColonel Jack\u003c\/i\u003e (1722);\u003ci\u003eA Journal of the Plague Years\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1722); and \u003ci\u003eRoxana or the Fortunate Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e (1724).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 7.82 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moll Flanders\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765241512224,"sku":"9780140433135","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/68073759091de1488b5b8e59b7ea030b.webp?v=1780264783","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/moll-flanders-the-fortunes-and-misfortunes-of-the-famous-moll-flanders-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}