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Subject(s)

• England—Social life and customs—17th century—Fiction [Browse]
• Criminals—Fiction [Browse]
• Women—England—Fiction [Browse]
• Children's literature—18th century—Specimens [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Fiction [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Chapbooks—18th century [Browse]

Related work(s)

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders. [Browse]

Notes

• A chapbook-style version of Defoe's novel.
• Illustrations: Half-page woodcut, depicting Moll, on page one (title page), with smaller cuts within the text.
• Page 2 is blank.
• In this edition the fifth line of the title ends "5 times a wife" and "Bow-Lane" does not appear in the imprint.
• Research by David Stoker suggests a general publication date range of 1770s to 1780s for chapbooks bearing the "Aldermary Churchyard" and "Aldermary Churchyard, Bow Lane" imprints, with those bearing the street address "No. 4 Aldermary Churchyard" probably printed sometime after the mid 1770s; lacking this added information, this printing would seem to predate those versions.
• Full text of title, and summary, on page 1: "The fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders, who was born in Newgate; And during a life of continued variety for sixty years was 17 times a whore, 5 times a wife, whereof once to her own brother, 12 years a thief, 11 times in Bridewell, 9 times in New-Prison, 11 times in Wood-street compter, 6 times in the Poultry Compter, 14 times in the Gatehouse, 25 times in Newgate, 15 times whip['] t at the Cart's arse, 4 times burnt in the hand, once condemned for life and 8 year's a transport in Virginia. At last grew rich, lived honest, and died penitent."

Binding note

• Cotsen copy: Publisher's self-wrappers, apparently as issued.
• Cotsen copy: Housed within a teal quarter-sheep box (uniform with Cotsen 388, "The friar and the boy," suggesting prior ownership in the same collection).

Other title(s)

Moll Flanders

Caption title

• History of Moll Flanders

OCLC

63197451

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