Moll Flanders(III)摩爾·弗蘭德斯(英文版)
MollFlanders(acontractionof"TheFortunesandMisfortunesoftheFamousMollFlanders")isanovelbyDanielDefoe,firstpublishedin1722.ItpurportstobethetrueaccountofthelifeoftheeponymousMoll,detailingherexploitsfrombirthuntiloldage.thenoveldescribesMollontheoriginaltitlepageashavingbeen"BorninNewgate…TwelveYearaWhore,FivetimesaWife(whereofoncetoherownBrother),TwelveYearaThief,EightYearaTransportedFeloninVirginia,atlastgrewRich,anddiedaPenitent."ThenovelisbasedpartiallyonthelifeofMollKing,aLondoncriminalwhomDefoemetwhilevisitingNewgatePrison.OneoftheearliestpicaresquenovelsinEnglish,MollFlandershasbothcaptivatedandshockedcountlessreaderssinceitwasfirstpublishedin1722.Anexcellentcandidateforclassroomuse,thisclassicof18th-centuryfictionwillentertainandenlightengeneralreadersaswell.
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