Daniel Defoe
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Everyman's library. Fiction volume no. 837
Language
English
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Brilliant, picaresque masterpiece of 18th-century realism recounts the scandalous facts of Moll's life in prison, as a prostitute and a thief, her life as a "transported felon" in the American colonies, and more. - publisher
Author
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English
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British writer Daniel Defoe is credited with being one of the first writers to dabble in longer-form fiction, eventually leading to the development of the novel format. His final work, published anonymously, follows the life of a remarkable woman who flouts the social strictures of the eighteenth century and takes up with a series of men in order to ensure the survival of her family—but always on her own terms and in a manner consistent with
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