The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, who was born in Newgate, and during a life of continued variety for sixty years was 12 times a whore, 5 times a wife, whereof once to her own brother, 12 times a thief, 11 times in Bridewell, 9 times in the New prison, 11 times in wood-street Compter, 6 times in the Poultry compter, 14 times in the gate-house, 25 times in Newgate, 15 times whipt at the cart's arse, 4 times burnt in the hand, once condemned for life, and 8 years a transport in Virginia. At last grew rich, lived honest, and died penitent.
Author/creator |
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | [London] : Printed sold in Aldemary Church Yard, [1760?] |
Description | 24 pages ; 12⁰. |
Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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Uniform title | Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders Abridgments |
General note | An abridgment and adaptation of the work by Daniel Defoe. |
General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
References | Moore, 446 |
References | English Short Title Catalog, T70319. |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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