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(1722) Another knocked off my "oughta get around to it someday" list, and I get its lasting appeal: Moll is as charming and unreliable a narrator as any you'll find. There's stuff here about economic conditions for women in the Restoration, and something about colonization, but mostly it's about trickster Moll surviving by her wits (though she's reformed now, honest!) Of its time but still very readable.

About to record. Picking a September book of the month. Yes I know it's already the 21st.

Moll is probably the luckiest women in all of literature. Considering her close calls with the law, death, poverty, motherhood, love, marriage, &prosperity she lived a dozen lifetimes in the span of a few hundred pages.
There wasn‘t much for character development & Moll herself isn‘t overly likable but there‘s something about her that I can‘t help but like. Maybe it‘s her tenacity & charisma but I spent most of the book shaking my head & laughing.

#modernlibraryclassics #classics #prettycovers #collection

A story of a woman fallen and redeemed

I have 4 books on my nightstand.. #mollflanders is what I am currently reading at night .. Such a classic.. i love the classics

It's too hot to do anything but sit in front of the fan and read

I'm awake too early, so just a little reading before I start my day.

Poor Moll. I feel so sorry for her.

I'm going into this blind, so I have no idea what happens. I'm half expecting everything to go wrong.

I have 43 days left of the academic year, and this has 44 issues on @SerialReader. Bring it on.

I got me another #SerialReader badge, woot woot! The only Defoe I‘ve read was the tagged book in college. Perhaps he‘ll need to be on my #LitsyClassics list next year.

To those of you scrolling through your feed right now, I apologize for how many of these posts you're about to see....forgive me.

Look, I haven't had the pleasure of hearing her roar, but if you're looking for indestructible and regenerative, look no further than Moll Flanders--you cannot keep that woman down! If anyone has 9 lives, it's that woman. #monstermadness2017 #godzilla

I give this book 3 stars for the fact that is was written in 1683 and it is still so readable. Besides that, I thought it rather boring. At first I liked Moll and admired her attitude towards society. I thought she was quite a woman, surviving in a man's world. However, after a 100 pages it gets a bit boring. Another man, another child, another one's whore, another discussion about money.

#1001books

I had a surprisingly hard time with day 13 of #aprilbookshowers #sequelplease! I read a lot of series and every stand-alone I've read recently I'd rather leave well enough alone. But a Moll Flanders sequel? (or a modern reselling or even prequel ala Wide Saragossa Sea??) Sign me up!!

My current reads list, a bit of everything. Do you like to read more than one book at a time? I love it. I read some in print and others on audio and try to read a variety of styles/genres.

Day 16 - My favorite handmade #bookmark made for me by a dear friend... #riotgrams #riotgram #bookstagram

Starting this one for class. 20 pages in and I don't like it... hopefully that changes.

Ah, Moll Flanders, such a twit, but adorably so.

For the classic character #octphotochallenge I am showing some love for Moll Flanders!

She tried to make the best of her situation even though it wasn't always legal. Her character is deliciously flawed, and really she is a horrible woman when you consider things, yet her trials and tribulations are a great read and you still route for her.

The photo is from the DVD of the TV series, because look at Daniel Craig! 😂