| Moll Flanders Contributor(s): Sir Angels (Editor), Daniel, Defoe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1543272371 ISBN-13: 9781543272376 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.91 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moll's mother is a convict in Newgate Prison in London who is given a reprieve by "pleading her belly," a reference to the custom of staying the executions of pregnant criminals. Her mother is eventually transported to America, and Moll Flanders (not her birth name, she emphasises, taking care not to reveal it) is raised until adolescence by a goodly foster mother. Thereafter she gets attached to a household as a servant where she is loved by both sons, the elder of whom convinces her to "act like they were married" in bed. Unwilling to marry her, he persuades her to marry his younger brother. |