num_pages: 444
description: Born to a petty thief in London’s notorious Newgate prison and determined to make her way in a rapacious and materialistic society, Moll Flanders recounts the “fortunes and misfortunes” of her turbulent life in this 1722 novel. Though Moll Flanders was shaped by the conventions of criminal biography, Defoe also drew on other literary traditions and his own rich background to create a remarkably original―and still controversial―work. In addition to a critical introduction and substantial footnotes, this Broadview edition provides a wide range of writings by Defoe as well as contemporary responses to Moll Flanders . Other appendices include a selection of eighteenth-century writings on crime, prisons, and the Virginia colony.
language: English
title: Moll Flanders
titlecomplete: Moll Flanders (Broadview Edition)
characters: Moll Flanders
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, 18th Century, Literature, English Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 45542
places: Bath, Somerset, England, Newgate Prison, London, England, Georgia, London, England, Virginia
publisher: Broadview Press