Oct 7, 2008
Moll Flanders | Moll Flanders
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel Foe
- First Published: 1722
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: Seventeenth century
- Setting: England and the American colonies
- Principal Characters: Moll Flanders, Robin, A Sea Captain, Jemmy E.
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, North America or North Americans, Prisoners, Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, Marriage, 1940’s, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Ambition, Money, Theft, Adventure, Outlaws
- Locales: Virginia, London, England, American colonies, Essex, England
The Story:
When her mother was transported to the Colonies as a felon,
eighteen-month-old Moll Flanders was left without family or friends
to care for her. For a time, she was befriended by a band of
gypsies, who deserted her in Colchester. There the child was a
charge of the parish. Becoming a favorite of the wife and daughters
of the mayor, Moll received gentle treatment and much attention and
flattery.
At the age of fourteen, Moll Flanders was again left without a
home. When her indulgent instructor died, she was taken in service
by a kindly woman of means, receiving...
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