N3/Moll Flanders /by Daniel Defoe/Oxford World's Classics imprint/USED/cond C/yellow age
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Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, published under the Oxford World's Classics imprint.
About the Novel
First published anonymously in 1722, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is one of the earliest English novels. Written in a realistic, autobiographical style, the story details the gripping and tumultuous life of its titular character as she fights for financial stability and survival in a heavily restricted 18th-century society. [1, 2, 3]
Key Plot Summary
Born in Newgate Prison: Moll begins her life at a massive disadvantage, born to an incarcerated mother. [1]
The Search for Security: She spends her youth navigating a hypocritical society, initially attempting to secure her livelihood through a series of five marriages—one of which includes the shock revelation that she has unwittingly married her own half-brother. [1, 2]
A Life of Crime: When her beauty fades and her financial options collapse, Moll descends into a legendary 12-year career as a skilled thief and pickpocket in London. [1, 2]
Transportation & Redemption: Eventually captured and sent back to Newgate Prison, she avoids execution by pleading guilty. She is transported to the American colonies (Virginia), where she successfully builds a massive plantation fortune before retiring to England to live out her final days in sincere repentance. [1, 2, 3]
Major Themes
Sex and Money: In Moll's world, morality is a luxury of the rich. Relationships are treated like cold business transactions because wealth is the absolute foundation of social status. [1, 2]
Morality vs. Survival: The book functions as a picaresque satire. Defoe constantly forces the reader to consider if Moll is truly wicked or simply a highly resourceful victim of a cruel, unequal system that leaves poor women with no other choices.
About the Novel
First published anonymously in 1722, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is one of the earliest English novels. Written in a realistic, autobiographical style, the story details the gripping and tumultuous life of its titular character as she fights for financial stability and survival in a heavily restricted 18th-century society. [1, 2, 3]
Key Plot Summary
Born in Newgate Prison: Moll begins her life at a massive disadvantage, born to an incarcerated mother. [1]
The Search for Security: She spends her youth navigating a hypocritical society, initially attempting to secure her livelihood through a series of five marriages—one of which includes the shock revelation that she has unwittingly married her own half-brother. [1, 2]
A Life of Crime: When her beauty fades and her financial options collapse, Moll descends into a legendary 12-year career as a skilled thief and pickpocket in London. [1, 2]
Transportation & Redemption: Eventually captured and sent back to Newgate Prison, she avoids execution by pleading guilty. She is transported to the American colonies (Virginia), where she successfully builds a massive plantation fortune before retiring to England to live out her final days in sincere repentance. [1, 2, 3]
Major Themes
Sex and Money: In Moll's world, morality is a luxury of the rich. Relationships are treated like cold business transactions because wealth is the absolute foundation of social status. [1, 2]
Morality vs. Survival: The book functions as a picaresque satire. Defoe constantly forces the reader to consider if Moll is truly wicked or simply a highly resourceful victim of a cruel, unequal system that leaves poor women with no other choices.
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