Moll Flanders
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The actress starred with David MacCallum in the excellent 1989 BBC/PBS miniseries "Mother Love"; starred with Angela Lansbury in the 1992 CBS telepic "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris"; co-starred in the excellent "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders," starring Alex Kingston; and starred in the BBC/PBS series "The Mrs Bradley Mysteries" in 1998.
From Salon
Between 12 and 16 I eagerly looked for any books that had a woman’s name in the title: Moll Flanders, Jane Eyre, Tess of the d’Urbervilles , Effi Briest, Madame Bovary, Anna Karenina.
From The Guardian
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
She steps past boxes of curlers and books on shelves — “A Clockwork Orange,” “Moll Flanders,” “Beowulf” — and descends to the basement.
From Los Angeles Times
Or Moll Flanders, a zaftig Lillian Gish batting her eyelids?
From New York Times
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