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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders ("Moll Flanders")  (Modern Library #122.1)

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders ("Moll Flanders") (Modern Library #122.1)

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders ("Moll Flanders") (Modern Library #122.1)

by DEFOE, Daniel

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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1950]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Daniel Defoe's classic "Moll Flanders," written in 1683 and first published about 1721. This is a purported autobiography by the title character, describing her entire life from birth (in a prison), through her various experiences on the wrong side of the law and her five marriages. With a preface by the author. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1945 (though 1931 date appears in book). ML #122.1. --- With spot of soiling to textblock fore-edge, light chafing to edges of cloth, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound and unmarked copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); ix, 328, (6, ads) pages .

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Written 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. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the 1721 edition printed by Chetwood in London, the only edition approved by Defoe.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Title
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders ("Moll Flanders") (Modern Library #122.1)
Author
DEFOE, Daniel
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Publisher
The Modern Library / Random House
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
[c.1950]

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