Moll Flanders : The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

by Defoe, Daniel (Author); Blewett, David (Editor/introduction)

• ISBN13: 9780140433135
• ISBN10: 0140433139
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-08-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pickpocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. One of the earliest and most vivid female narrators in the history of the English novel, Moll recounts her adventures with irresistible wit and candour - and enough guile that the reader is left uncertain whether she is ultimately a redeemed sinner or a successful opportunist. Based on the first edition of 1722, this volume includes a chronology, notes on currency and maps of London and Virginia in the late seventeenth century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(24)
A Note on the Text	25	(2)
A Note on Currency	27	(2)
A Chronology of Daniel Defoe	29	(3)
Further Reading	32	(3)
Moll Flanders	35	(393)
The Preface	37	(6)
The History and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Etc.	43	(385)
Notes	428	(32)
Maps
London in the late seventeenth century	456	(2)
Smithfield Market and vicinity	458	(2)
Chesapeake Bay (Virginia and Maryland) in 1680	460