Summary Moll married again. After a fortnight she told her husband it was time for him to know how much money she had brought to their marriage. He declared it did not matter, since he had got the woman he loved. Nevertheless, Moll insisted on telling her husband that she […]
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Summary Since Moll had learned from this match-making venture that a woman should put a value on herself, she determined to move to a place where no one knew that she was a widow without money. She confided in her friend, the captain’s lady, disclosing her near-penniless condition. The captain’s […]
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Summary Even though Moll was hiding in the Mint among “the sons of affliction,” she continued to have many admirers. She discovered that the men in the Mint, though poor, always seemed to have money for drinking and carousing. But she decided they were too wicked even for her. With […]
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Summary Although Moll “had not the least affection” for Robin, the two were married and lived together for five years, at the end of which time he died. During their marriage he was very good to her, and they lived together contentedly. Since Robin received little money from his family, […]
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Summary Six months after the affair with the elder brother had begun, Moll received a proposal of marriage from Robin, the younger brother. Believing that the elder brother truly intended to marry her, she resisted Robin’s proposal by presenting such arguments against it as her lowly status and the family’s […]
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Summary Moll lived with this respectable family until she was almost eighteen years old. Just by being around the daughters during their lessons, Moll learned how to dance, to speak French, to write, and to sing. In fact, she outshone the daughters in everything becoming to a gentlewoman — including […]
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Summary NOTE: The original of Moll Flanders does not have chapter divisions. To provide greater clarity in the summaries and discussions, we have divided the novel into chapters. My true name is so well known in the records or registers at Newgate, and in the Old Bailey, and there are […]
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Moll Flanders is a story about the fall and rise of a beautiful woman who was born in Newgate Prison. Because of her determination to be someone other than a servant, and because of her great greed, she sought to marry a wealthy man. She married some with money and […]
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