Moll Flanders

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Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe that follows the picaresque life of a resourceful woman who survives through crime, deception, and multiple marriages in 17th-century England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
picaresque novel
author Daniel Defoe
containsElement bigamy
imprisonment
multiple marriages
transportation to the American colonies
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
fullTitle Moll Flanders self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
genre crime fiction
picaresque fiction
social novel
hasAdaptation Moll Flanders (1965 film)
Moll Flanders self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moll Flanders (1996 film)

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996 TV series)
various stage adaptations
influencedBy criminal biographies
spiritual autobiographies
literaryMovement early realist novel
literaryPeriod 18th-century literature
mainCharacter Moll Flanders self-link
moralFramework Protestant ethics
narrativeForm fictional autobiography
first-person narrative
notableFor blend of moral didacticism and sensational narrative
early depiction of a complex female protagonist in English fiction
originalLanguage English
protagonistOccupation prostitute
thief
protagonistStatus criminal
penitent
protagonistTrait opportunistic
resourceful
publicationYear 1722
publisher William Chetwood
settingPlace England
London, England
surface form: London

Newgate Prison
settingTime 17th century
structure episodic
themes crime
gender and economics
morality
repentance
social mobility

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Daniel Defoe notableWork Moll Flanders
Augustan literature notableWork Moll Flanders
Terence Young directed Moll Flanders
this entity surface form: The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Daniel Foe notableWork Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders mainCharacter Moll Flanders self-link
Moll Flanders hasAdaptation Moll Flanders self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Moll Flanders (1996 film)
Moll Flanders fullTitle Moll Flanders self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
Colonel Jack relatedWorkByAuthor Moll Flanders
Alex Kingston notableWork Moll Flanders
Alex Kingston notableWork Moll Flanders
this entity surface form: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Alex Kingston appearedIn Moll Flanders
this entity surface form: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders