Moll Flanders
Americannoun
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Some claim the title for Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur; others insist it is Robinson Crusoe, but there are also camps for Moll Flanders and Pamela.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2019
He began his career in television, for which he adapted such novels as Cider with Rosie, David Copperfield and Moll Flanders.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2018
Moll Flanders by Daniel DefoeMoll has separated from dodgy but charming Jemy, her "Gentleman" husband, but sees him again in the company of two other men.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2012
Here’s how Moll Flanders described being busted: “I was attack’d by two Wenches that came open mouth’d at me just as I was going out at the Door.”
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2011
But Nash has neither the patience of Defoe, nor that singular originality, which accompanies in the author of Moll Flanders a certain inability to make the most of it.
From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George
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