Moll Flanders

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Summary: Only For Students of the Novel.
Review: This was the first book I had to read for the history of the novel in college. While I was working my way through this, I wondered if the rest of the class would be this slow. Moll does not command respect, pity or admiration. The scenes for the most part are not really memorable, and the supporting characters are not really convincing. Perhaps this is my biggest complaint. Charles Dickens can keep my interest even in an 800 page book. Yet Defoe could not hold my interest in 250 pages. The only reason I could give for reading this is that it shows a primitave stage in the development of the novel.

Rating:
Summary: One of the Hidden Jewels in Literature
Review: What more could you want from MOLL FLANDERS? It's a piece of art that deserves the attention it gets. Nothing like prostitution to get you going.

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Summary: Great Conflict Great Art
Review: You know a book is great, a classic, when it provokes so much debate (as seen in the other reviews). After reading the novel you may not like Moll, but you have to respect her ability to survive, to thrive in an uneasy world.