MOLL FLANDERS NCE 1E PA (RIVERO)

by Defoe, Daniel; Rivero, Albert J.

• ISBN13: 9780393978629
• ISBN10: 0393978621
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-25
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Text of Moll Flanders
Facsimile title page (1722)	1	(2)
The Preface	3	(6)
The History and Misfortunes Of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c.	9	(260)
A TEXTUAL PROBLEM IN MOLL FLANDERS	269	(250)
Contexts	273	(62)
[Benefits of Transportation]	275	(2)
Daniel Defoe
[Moll's Final Years in Ireland]	277	(4)
Anonymous
The Life of James Mac-Faul, Husband to Moll Flanders, &c.	281	(9)
Anonymous
[The Counterfeit Lady Unveiled]	290	(7)
Francis Kirkman
[The Golden Farmer, a Murderer and Highway-man]	297	(31)
Alexander Smith
[Whitney, a Highway-man]	302	(8)
[Moll Raby, a House-breaker]	310	(3)
[Anne Holland, a Pick-pocket]	313	(4)
[Capt. James Hind, Murderer and Highway-man]	317	(3)
[Moll Cutpurse, a Pick-Pocket and Highwaywoman]	320	(8)
[Virginia Laws on Servants]	328	(3)
[Maryland Laws on Servants, Slaves, and Runways]	331	(4)
Criticism	335	(184)
The Equation of Love and Money in Moll Flanders	337	(12)
Juliet McMaster
Moll Flanders: Parodies of Respectability	349	(20)
Everett Zimmerman
``Unweary'd Traveller'' and ``Indifferent Monitor'': Openness and Complexity in Moll Flanders	369	(22)
Maximillian E. Novak
Some Reflections on Defoe's Moll Flanders and the Romance Tradition	391	(12)
Henry Knight Miller
Moll Flanders, Crime and Comfort	403	(34)
Ian A. Bell
Moll Flanders: Political Woman	437	(23)
Carol Kay
The Crime Wave and Moll Flanders	460	(12)
Paula R. Backscheider
Criminal Ms-Representation: Moll Flanders and Female Criminal Biography	472	(12)
John Rietz
[The Birth of Capital in Defoe's Moll Flanders]	484	(7)
Ann Louise Kibbie
[Freedom and Necessity, Improvisation and Fate in Moll Flanders]	491	(6)
John Richetti
Moll Flanders, Incest, and the Structure of Exchange	497	(22)
Ellen Pollak
A Chronology	519	(4)
Daniel Defoe
Selected Bibliography	523