Kate’s 2¢: “Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe

“Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

“Moll Flanders” might be one of the first stories to explore the emerging roll of women in 1772, which is still a struggle today.

I enjoyed the antic and pace of this story. I suspect, if I’d had to read this in college (perish the thought of making high schools students read this) I would have found it boring. Now that I’m retired and have leisure time to read and thighk my own th0ughts about this or that, I am enjoying reading the classics.

From  “Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature” Taught by: Professor Arnold Weinstein, Brown University, 2018.

Defoe has long been considered the father of the English novel, though he inherited an established picaresque tradition.  We may also regard him as a great journalist, with a sharp eye for current events in early 18^th century London… Defoe’s signature appears to be his plain style and his prosaic, as opposed to poetic, view of life.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Moll Flanders DB51146

Defoe, Daniel. Reading time: 12 hours, 36 minutes.

Read by Barbara Caruso.

Classics

Moral tale set in seventeenth-century England and Virginia recounts the crimes and misfortunes of a lusty and strong-willed woman. Among Moll’s five marriages was one, unwitting, to her own brother. After years as a thief and a prostitute, she attains great wealth, and spends her old age comfortably repenting her youthful excesses. 1722.