Having been abandoned at birth in London's Newgate prison, Moll Flanders uses her disreputable skills in order to survive in the corrupt society of eighteenth-century England. However, eventually Moll arrives in America and finds her fortune there. Includes a glossary of historic terminology.
year: 2002, 1996, 1985, 2009, 2005, 1991, 1969, 1989
call number/section: 1000
subjects: children of prisoners, fiction, british, virginia, women, england, prostitutes, repentance, london (england), fiction, virginia, criminals, prostitution, england, social life and customs, 17th century, exile (punishment), fiction, fiction, picaresque literature, adventure fiction, picaresque literature, adventure stories
Editions
Defoe, Daniel
Modern Library (2002)
Moll Flanders, born in Newgate Prison, pursues a life of adventure that eventually leads her to a position of wealth and stature in bustling eighteenth-century London.
Schools: 0
Defoe, Daniel
Dover (1996)
Follows the heroine's adventures from seventeenth-century England to the American colonies.
Schools: 1
Defoe, Daniel
Modern Library (1985)
Original ed. published in 1722 under title: The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders. Follows the heroine's adventures from 17th century England to the American colonies.
Schools: 1
Defoe, Daniel
Arcturus (2009)
Having been abandoned at birth in London's Newgate prison, Moll Flanders uses her disreputable skills in order to survive in the corrupt society of eighteenth-century England. However, eventually Moll arrives in America and finds her fortune there. Includes a glossary of historic terminology.
Schools: 1
Defoe, Daniel
Barnes & Noble Classics (2005)
Schools: 1
Defoe, Daniel
Knopf (1991)
Follows the heroine's adventures from seventeenth century England to the American colonies.
Schools: 1
Defoe, Daniel
Airmont (1969)
Schools: 0
Defoe, Daniel
Viking Penguin Books (1989)
Schools: 0
Defoe, Daniel
Penguin (1989)
Follows the heroine's adventures from seventeenth-century England to the American colonies.
Schools: 2