- Fiction, Social life and customs, Criminals, English Picaresque literature
These are the true confessions of a remarkable and passionate young woman are thought to have been based on the adventures of a real prisoner in Newgate where Moll was born. ostensibly written as a warning to wrongdoers, the moral of Defoe's candid and cautionary tale is often lost in the sheer vitality of Moll - one of the supreme characters of English comic fiction.
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Classical in form, relentless and meticulous.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Daniel Defoe
- First published
- 1722
- Pages
- 308
- Publisher
- Norton & Company Limited, W. W., Wordsworth Edns., J. Lane
- Editions
- 1114
- Language
- und, Korean, Hindi, Russian
- ISBN
- 9781686968822
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“My true name is so well known in the records, or registers, at Newgate and in the Old Bailey, and there are some things of such consequence still depending there relating to my particular conduct, that it is not to be expected I should set my name or the account of my family to this work; perhaps after my death it may be better known; at present it would not be proper, no, not though a general pardon should be issued, even without exceptions of persons or crimes.”
**Daniel Defoe**, born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain, and is even referred to by some as among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism. ([Source](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe))
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