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Moll Flanders

noun

  1. ( The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders ) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.


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He has achieved by accident that which the author of 'Moll Flanders' achieved by art.

Why—simply to read the history of Moll Flanders, a copy of which enticing work the old woman had in her possession!!

He could not desire the star and find solace in the glow-worm—pursue Isolde and lag by the way with Moll Flanders.

To any one acquainted with "Moll Flanders" this seems a strange statement.

With the exception of Moll Flanders, these last two are more vitalised than any personages Defoe invented.

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