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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
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Publisher: Project Gutenberg
ISBN/ASIN: B004GNFXSQ
Number of pages: 304

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Written in a time when criminal biographies enjoyed great success, the book details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief.

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