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Moll Flanders (Oxford World's Classics)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks (1998-03-05)
ISBN: 0192834037
EAN: 9780192834034
Dewy Decimal #: 823.5
Paperback: 432 pages
Edition: New Ed
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Customer Reviews
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A lesson for those willing to read it
Rating  (3)
Date: 2004-06-30
4 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
Moll Flanders: 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 by Daniel Defoe has been an interesting read. This is a true story taken from Moll Flander's own memoirs. This book is a story of wickedness until the last fifty of three hundred pages when 'Moll' finally becomes penitent. It then becomes a story of forgiveness and God's mercy no matter what a person's past life or background has been. Moll is a clever woman who, although wants to be honest and pure, cannot become so because of the society she lives in and what it has reduced her too. This, however, does not exempt her from responsibility for her actions, it just serves as a catalyst and partial cause of her circumstances. The bulk of the book serves as a warning that once a sin is set in motion it is very difficult, if not impossible, to stop. It is a lesson for those who are willing to read the book. I give it a lower rating because the story, although a good read and good lessons, became dull at times and a little too graphic.
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Superb! This book exceeded all of my expectations!
Rating  (5)
Date: 1998-01-29
13 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
I had known of this book for years, but never picked it up because of what I thought that I knew about DeFoe's writing. The day I did, however, I was shocked to find a timely, vivid, and extremely compelling novel.
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