| Moll Flanders Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986391124 ISBN-13: 9781986391122 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.53 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| 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 Colonial United States, and Moll Flanders (not her birth name, she emphasizes, taking care not to reveal it) is raised from the age of three 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. |
