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The Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders about?
These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner in Newgate where Moll was born. ostensibly written as a warning to wrongdoers, the moral of Defoe's candid and cautionary tale is often lost in the sheer vitality of Moll - one of the supreme characters of English comic fiction. Her fortunes and misfortunes - 'twelve years a Whore, five times a Wife (once to her own brother), twelve years a Thief, eight years a transported Felon' - plunge the reader into the exciting world of the eighteenth-century low life.
Who reads The Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Daniel Defoe
- Publisher
- New York: Modern Library
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (339 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13