Moll Flanders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781986391122)

Moll's mother is a convict in Newgate Prison in London who is given a reprieve by "pleading her belly," a reference to the custom of staying the executions of pregnant criminals. Her mother is eventually transported to Colonial United States, and Moll Flanders (not her birth name, she emphasizes, taking care not to reveal it) is raised from the age of three until adolescence by a goodly foster mother. Thereafter she gets attached to a household as a servant where she is loved by both sons, the elder of whom convinces her to "act like they were married" in bed.

Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN-10: 1986391124
ISBN-13: 9781986391122
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2018
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.64d