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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is an adventure fiction novel by Daniel Defoe. Readers will find themes of criminals, prostitutes, children of prisoners and Repentance.

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About The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

"The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe is a novel published in 1722. Born in prison to a convict mother, Moll navigates survival through a series of marriages, deceptions, and reinventions. As circumstances strip away her security time and again, she transforms from hopeful young woman to skilled con artist to accomplished thief. Through cunning and charm, Moll pursues the one thing that eludes her: lasting prosperity and peace in a world that offers women few honest paths to independence.
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Themes, setting & tropes

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Subjects

  • London, England
  • Picaresque literature
  • Adventure stories
  • Criminals
  • Prostitutes
  • Children of prisoners
  • British, Virginia
  • Women, England
  • Repentance
  • Virginia

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Who wrote The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders?

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders was written by Daniel Defoe.

What genre is The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders?

It is usually shelved as Adventure.

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Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

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Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 13 h 31 min.

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