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Moll Flanders

  • Writer: Kathy Miller
    Kathy Miller
  • Sep 6, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 30, 2025

Daniel Defoe, 1722 Date Read: 8/7/23



Frankly, this novel was boring as fuck. It is written entirely in the passive tense. There is no action and dialog is reported, not shown.


I think the idea was to show how hard life could be for women? Trying to survive, husband to husband, looking for support. Maybe. I'm really not sure.


I had to slog through it and really did not enjoy it at all.


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