Moll Flanders 凤舞红尘/莫尔夫兰德

图书标准信息

• 作者 Daniel Defoe（丹尼尔·笛福） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1989-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213287
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Writteninatimewhencriminalbiographiesenjoyedgreatsuccess,DanielDefoe'sMollFlandersdetailsthelifeoftheirresistibleMollandherstrugglesthroughpovertyandsininsearchofpropertyandpower.BorninNewgatePrisontoapicaresquemother,Mollpropelsherselfthroughmarriages,periodsofsuccessanddestitution,andatriptotheNewWorldandback,onlytoreturntotheplaceofherbirthasapopularprostituteandbrilliantthief.ThestoryofMollFlandersvividlyillustratesDefoe'sthemesofsocialmobilityandpredestination,sin,redemptionandreward.

ThisModernLibraryPaperbackClassicissetfromthe1721editionprintedbyChetwoodinLondon,theonlyeditionapprovedbyDefoe.

【作者简介】

DanielDefoewasbornDanielFoeinLondonin1660.Itwasperhaps,ineveitablethatDefoe,anoutspokenman,wouldbecomeapoliticaljournalist.AsaPuritanhebelievedGodhadgivenhimamissiontoprintthetruth,thatis,toproselytizeonreligionandpolitics,andinfact,hebecameaprolificpamphleteersatirizingthehypocrisiesofbothChurchandState.DefoeadmiredWilliamIII,andhispoemTheTrue-BornEnglishman(1701)wonhimtheKing'sfriendship.Butanill-timedsatireonHighChurchextremists,TheShortestWaywiththeDissenters,publishedduringQueenAnne'sreign,resultedinhisbeingpilloriedandimprisonedforseditiouslibelin1703.

Atfifty-nineDefoeturnedtofiction,completingTheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe(1719),partlybasedonthesagaofAlexanderSelkirk,aScottishsailor;MollFlanders(1722);ColonelJack(1722);AJournalofthePlagueYears(1722);andRoxanaortheFortunateMistress(1724).