Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (9781848373167)

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'Was Twelve Year a whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), twelve year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent...' Abandoned at birth in London's notorious Newgate prison, Defoe's heroine aspires to be a lady by any means at her disposal. She hones a series of disreputable skills - from thieving to prostitution - amid the corrupt society of 18th-century England and then finds her fortune in America. Candid but witty, these memoirs engage the reader and invite disapproval at the same time; they also deliver a vivid history lesson.

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