'Twelve Year a Whore, fives 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' So the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never discover. And so, in a tour-de-force of writing by the b...
'Twelve Year a Whore, fives 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' So the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never discover. And so, in a tour-de-force of writing by the businessman, political satirist, and spy Daniel Defoe, Moll tells her own story, a vivid and racy tale of a woman's experience in the seamy side of life in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England and America. Born in Newgate prison, and seduced in the home of her adoptive family, she learns to live off her wits, defying the traditional depiction of women as helpless victims. First published in 1722, and one of the earliest novels in the English language, its account of opportunism, endurance, and survival speaks as strongly to us today as it did to its original readers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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forsooth, that was something ofa gentleman too; that when my husband had a mind to carry me to the court or to the play, he might become a sword, and look as like a gentleman as another man, and not like one that had the mark of his apron-strings upon his coat or the mark of his hat upon his peris. tar should look as ifhe was set on to his sword when his sword was put on to him, and that carried his trade in his countenance
Well, at last I found this amphibious creature, this land- water thing, called a gentleman-tradesman, and as a just plague upon my folly, I was catched in the very snare which, as I might say, I laid for myself.
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《An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Oxford World's Classics)》《The Romance of the Forest》《The Trial》《Melmoth the Wanderer (Oxford World's Classics)》《The First Men in the Moon》
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非常有趣的一本小说，一个只有在现代大型城市中才能发生的故事。 小说中最让人生发感触的是一句问话，“你难道不认得我么？”Do you not know me? 小说主人公Moll Flanders一生的身份总是在不断的变化之中，她的整个人生充满了各种伪装，不断的隐姓埋名，不断地欺骗，不断地再...
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0 有用 #ArtfulDodger# 2013-06-19 04:29:58
18世纪伦敦地下生存指南以及如何在Newgate逃脱绞刑和如何辨认一个逃过一次绞刑的惯犯……
0 有用 觉阿沌沌 2023-11-24 16:22:29 陕西
概述即：婚恋防骗，防盗防抢，以及拓荒致富指南。
0 有用 Ingnanr 2020-07-09 22:39:43
忏悔主题跟Robinson Crusoe更相似。比Roxana细致，但也容易导致情节单调。和Richardson还有许多值得比较的地方。Defoe三部小说的major concern都很集中并且一致，期待看到更多从道德哲学、政治哲学角度的分析
0 有用 阿瓦达啃大瓜 2020-08-04 08:33:29
啊该死的，这个背弃道德的女人异常的好运，明明被欲望拉入了深渊，上帝确格外怜惜她，我也想做这样的人～