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Moll Flanders: A Novel of Survival, Crime, and Social Life in Eighteenth-Century England
Hardcover
Classic FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781515433521
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A novel of survival, identity, and circumstance, Moll Flanders traces the life of a woman navigating poverty, crime, and social mobility in eighteenth-century England.
The narrative follows Moll from childhood through a series of changing roles and environments, including service, marriage, and criminal activity. Told in a retrospective voice, the work presents her experiences as a continuous process of adaptation, shaped by necessity as much as by choice. The structure allows for movement across different social levels, offering a broad view of the conditions in which she lives.
Defoe combines episodic storytelling with a sustained attention to practical detail, presenting the material realities of life alongside questions of conduct and consequence. The novel reflects early developments in prose fiction, with its emphasis on individual experience, continuity of narrative, and the representation of everyday circumstances. As such, it occupies a central place in the history of the English novel.
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