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Clearly Defoe created a character straight from his dissident heart, one who accepts responsibility for her redemption or her ruin. {snip ...} Tutto questo in cinque pagine: poi la parola passa alla protagonista, Moll Flanders, che così esordisce: Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders. (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004). ISBN 978-0393978629. Edited with an introduction and notes by Albert J. Rivero. Contains a selection of essays and contextual material. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (aka Moll Flanders) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age. Moll Flanders starts out her life as Betty but changes her name to avoid being discovered. She's orphaned when her mother goes to prison just before her birth. Her extraordinary beauty gives her more opportunities than many orphans as she's taken on by a wealthy family pretty early. It's hard to talk about the book without giving things away but her life yo-yos up and down so fast that you become breathless just reading about it.

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When Moll became less cautious, she was finally captured and taken to Newgate Prison where she was taunted by the other prisoners. Moll repented momentarily as she confessed her crimes to her spiritual adviser, a minister sent by the governess. Because of his intervention, Moll's death sentence was commuted to transportation to the American colonies. While in prison Moll reencountered Jemmy, a highwayman who was her most recent living husband. She persuaded him to join her on the ship transporting convicts to the colonies. This they accomplished and settled in Maryland, where they became successful plantation owners in about a year's time.

It is a great story about a woman who uses her body to free herself. It's frightening, funny and tragic. The character of Moll Flanders clearly influenced James Joyce in his characterization of Molly Bloom. (No need to ignore the fact that both characters share the first four letters of their names.) MOLL FLANDERS is told in the first person, as is Molly Bloom's soliloquy in ULYSSES. YOUR WORLD – BBC Television – 8 May 1961 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 15 February 2016. The book included an afterward by Regina Barreca. Her afterward was primarily about the character of Moll, and how unusual she was for her day, and likened her to Robinson Crusoe, from Defoe's most famous book, and also to Defoe himself. Ms. Barreca said Moll was a female hero, rather than a typical heroine, more common in later literature: Afterward Production of Preserving Mr. Panmure | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com . Retrieved 16 February 2016. This, of course, was called an actual memoir when it was published. Today's novelists should take note: The first novels definitely were meant to deceive the public into thinking they were true stories.E quindi non è certo il migliore inizio per la piccola Moll, che non si chiamava affatto così, ma adottò Moll Flanders quale nome d’arte.