# The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

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- Authors: [Daniel Defoe](https://www.bookquiver.com/daniel-defoe)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-313-5
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2003-06-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll's drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief ('the greatest Artist of my time') before she is apprehended and returned to Newgate. If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan's tale of sin and repentance, through self-made, self-reliant Moll its rich subtext conveys all the paradoxes and amoralities of the struggle for property and power in Defoe's newly individualistic society.