Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
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124
1722
English
- Preface
- My true name is so well known...
- Thus far I have had a smooth story to tell...
- But things did not end here...
- I was reduced very low indeed...
- I loved the company indeed of men of mirth...
- But I come now to my own case...
- I was now the most unhappy of all women...
- When I parted with my brother...
- We lived thus near two years...
- I was now a single person again...
- I came the next evening...
- He rose before me in the morning...
- While I was here, and before I was brought to bed...
- The first sensible reflect I made...
- My comrade, having the brand of an old offender...
- With all these fine compliments we parted...
- I had dressed myself up in a very mean habit...
- It was not long after the affair with the mercer...
- I was now returned to London...
- In the meantime my poor distressed governess...
- I must return to my own case...
- Here was a perplexity...
Defoe wrote this novel after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off at this point, due to the fall of both Whig and Tory party leaders with whom he had been associated. - Defoe's Whig views are nevertheless evident in the story of Moll. The full title of the novel tells part of its story: "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Etc. Who was born in Newgate, and during a life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, 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. Written from her own Memorandums." (Summary from Wikipedia)
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