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3.21 AVERAGE
3.21 AVERAGE
Sintassi e ortografia infernali a parte, è un romanzo potenzialmente interessante per un'analisi della condizione della donna e dei bassifondi della società della fine del 17° secolo e non è soporifero come altri di quel periodo perché è movimentato.
this book is approximately half sexytimes and half scamming/robbing everybody in sight All while Capitalizing random Words in every single Sentence
I have very neutral positive feelings towards this book but I'm not sure I like the narrative style of it. (I'm curious if the other personal account novels by Defoe are similar in that way; i.e., Robinson Crusoe and Roxana.) SO much happens within 300 pages. One paragraph she's talking about this one thing that happened to her and the next paragraph it's something else, and then after that it's another thing! I think after some time, now that I've finished it, there are just a handful of bigger moments that I'm going to remember. Also, I was expecting a little more scandal, which I was looking forward to with it and liked in the beginning. But it kind of goes a different route. That's nothing against the novel itself, just something I thought I'd point out.
The plot of this book is WILD. If you want to be entertained by an absolutely bonkers antihero protagonist, then you must read this. There is nothing that Moll Flanders can’t do/hasn’t done. She is a problematic queen.
There aren’t any chapters, so that makes it quite dense, but if you summon some willpower, it isn’t too tough to read.
There aren’t any chapters, so that makes it quite dense, but if you summon some willpower, it isn’t too tough to read.
While a fun read it's especially enlightening as a look into 18th century English society at the levels below the aristocracy.
Ah, Moll! I don't think I've ever felt as immobile and unadventurous in my life as when I sat and read the tale of old Moll's life where not a dull moment passed by. Oddly, the eighteenth century language, and the obvious exaggeration in parts of the plot, only added to my likening of the book. I facepalmed with every new marriage, lost count completely of how many kids she had over the years, sat on my nerves as she got into the business of theft, and eventually laughed at the absurdity of it all ending in such a happy state. Though by no means realistic, it was highly enjoyable, and what adds to it all is the shared themes between then and now. The unfortunate reality is that many prejudices and gender descriminations the English women went through then, I see Arab women around me go through now. All in all, the fortunes and misfortunes of Mrs. Flanders did make for a very good read.
Like most 18th-century novels, this was fun and hilarious in parts but exceedingly boring in most. It's quite repetitive and dodgy in terms of its portrayal of women, but the latter can be excused because 1700s - and to be honest Moll's quite a modern lass for the time. She steals, she screws around, she has a questionable approach to business, but ultimately she's a moral woman who swings through vice and ends up in 'virtue'. Liked this more than Tom Jones purely because it focuses on a female protagonist and thus gives a more interesting portrayal of what life was like in the 1700s for the 'less fortunate' half of the population. From a historical perspective, it's pretty standard stuff, though was probably quite shocking at the time, as all interesting things are! Would've enjoyed studying this as a set text for English Literature, but as a casual home-read it was a bit dry. Moll was quite a fun character but ultimately let down by the author's fascination with female virtue and a repetitive plot. If you want a bawdy 18th-century novel that focuses more on female sexuality and the ethics of desire, try Fanny Hill; if anything, it'll make you laugh more than this does!