{"product_id":"moll-flanders-the-fortunes-and-misfortunes-of-the-famous-moll-flanders-paperback","title":"Moll Flanders: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Blewett\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I grew as impudent a Thief, and as dexterous as ever Moll Cut-Purse was'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn 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 pick-pocketing, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e was born Daniel Foe in London in 1660. It was perhaps ineveitable that Defoe, an outspoken man, would become a political journalist. As a Puritan he believed God had given him a mission to print the truth, that is, to proselytize on religion and politics, and he became a prolific pamphleteer satirizing the hypocrisies of both Church and State. Defoe admired William III, and his poem\u003ci\u003eThe True-Born Englishman \u003c\/i\u003e(1701) won him the King's friendship. But an ill-timed satire on High Church extremists, \u003ci\u003eThe Shortest Way with the Dissenters\u003c\/i\u003e, published during Queen Anne's reign, resulted in his being pilloried and imprisoned for seditious libel in 1703. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At fifty-nine Defoe turned to fiction, completing \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e(1719), partly based on the saga of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor; \u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders\u003c\/i\u003e (1722); \u003ci\u003eColonel Jack\u003c\/i\u003e (1722);\u003ci\u003eA Journal of the Plague Years\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(1722); and \u003ci\u003eRoxana or the Fortunate Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e (1724).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 7.82 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moll Flanders\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53469137797427,"sku":"9780140433135","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/fc7zr-SK7L9780140433135.webp?v=1782893464","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/moll-flanders-the-fortunes-and-misfortunes-of-the-famous-moll-flanders-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}