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Fortune e sfortune della famosa Moll Flanders (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) è un romanzo di Daniel Defoe pubblicato nel gennaio 1722 con un lunghissimo titolo-sommario: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c. Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore ...
Daniel Defoe (c.1660-1731), one of the most famous writers in English literature, was born in London, the son of James Foe, a butcher. It was Daniel who changed his name to De Foe or Defoe in about 1705. He was interested in politics and opposed King James II. After the Glorious Revolution in 1688 and William III was on the throne, Defoe became ...
Synopsis. Moll is born in Newgate to a convict woman, who is transported immediately after giving birth. After being passed around, the child ends up with gypsies, from whom she runs away when about seven years old. She is taken in by the Mayor of Colchester and brought up in his household as "almost" one of the family. When they become young men both his sons are attracted to Moll and make ...
MOLL FLANDERS / 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
Key Facts about Moll Flanders. Full Title: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Etc. When Written: 1722. Where Written: London, England. When Published: 1722. Literary Period: Enlightenment or Neoclassical. Genre: Novel. Setting: England and the American colonies during the 17th century.
31 de ago. de 2020 · The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &c. Moll Flanders recounts the story of her extraordinary life, from her birth in Newgate prison to her declining years in married prosperity. After being seduced in the home of her adoptive family she lives off her wits and her beauty, as a whore, 'five times a Wife', and a thief, and is ...
Personaggio letterario, protagonista del romanzo The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders (1722) del romanziere D. De Foe (1660 circa - 1731). Nata in un carcere, Moll Flanders fa poi la prostituta, si sposa cinque volte (una delle quali col proprio fratellastro), conosce splendori e miserie e, divenuta ladra, è deportata in ...
