Moll Flanders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781543272376)

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 America, and Moll Flanders (not her birth name, she emphasises, taking care not to reveal it) is raised 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. Unwilling to marry her, he persuades her to marry his younger brother.

Author: Sir Angels, Defoe Daniel
ISBN-10: 1543272371
ISBN-13: 9781543272376
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2017
Pages: 308
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.64d