Bibliography
Course Hero. "Moll Flanders Study Guide." Course Hero. 3 Nov. 2017. Web. 31 Jan. 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Moll-Flanders/>.
In text
(Course Hero)
Bibliography
Course Hero. (2017, November 3). Moll Flanders Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Moll-Flanders/
In text
(Course Hero, 2017)
Bibliography
Course Hero. "Moll Flanders Study Guide." November 3, 2017. Accessed January 31, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Moll-Flanders/.
Footnote
Course Hero, "Moll Flanders Study Guide," November 3, 2017, accessed January 31, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Moll-Flanders/.
Moll succumbs to the flirtations of the oldest son of her adopted family and becomes his lover.
Section 2Moll marries the younger son of her adopted family when her lover refuses to marry her.
Section 2Moll moves to Virginia with her third husband, not realizing he is her half-brother.
Section 3Moll tells her husband they are siblings; the marriage falls apart and she returns to England.
Section 4In Bath, England, Moll becomes the mistress of a married gentleman and bears his child.
Section 4After her lover leaves her, Moll falls in love with and marries Jemy in Lancashire.
Section 5Jemy leaves Moll pregnant; she goes to live with a midwife until the child is born.
Section 6Moll marries a banker; she is content until he dies penniless, after a business deal gone bad.
Section 6Moll lives a lucrative life of crime, until she is caught and sent to Newgate, where she was born.
Section 7With the help of a minister, Moll reduces her death sentence to transportation to the colonies.
Section 8Moll and Jemy arrive in Virginia; she reconnects with her son and receives her mother's estate.
Section 9Moll and Jemy return to England to live a life of repentance in relative wealth.
Section 9Section | Summary |
---|---|
Author's Preface | Defoe begins by telling readers they will have to form their own opinions about the truth of Moll Flanders's story: "The... Read More |
Section 1 | Moll Flanders introduces herself as a criminal so well-known she cannot admit her true name because it might be dangerou... Read More |
Section 2 | The two sons of Moll's adopted family notice her good looks. The elder brother flirts with her and although she resists ... Read More |
Section 3 | Moll is looking for a new husband "with a tolerable fortune in [her] pocket." Her goal is to marry well: "I was resolved... Read More |
Section 4 | On her passage back to England, Moll loses much of her belongings, and once again she has to start over. She stays in a ... Read More |
Section 5 | Now in her early forties, Moll is left to her own devices yet again, looking for a "settled state of living." She meets ... Read More |
Section 6 | When she returns to London, Moll is pregnant by her fourth husband, Jemy. Her landlady connects her with a midwife, who ... Read More |
Section 7 | Finding herself nearly destitute after having lived frugally for two years, Moll goes out one night and happening upon a... Read More |
Section 8 | At first "the horrors of that dismal place"—Newgate prison—drive Moll to regret her criminal activities. Sleepless night... Read More |
Section 9 | Moll and Jemy arrive in Virginia. She does not want to stay there for fear her relatives—her mother, her half-brother wh... Read More |