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I’ve read three of Daniel Defoe’s books now, and it has been a positive reading experience in conjunction with a Roundtable group project concentrating on The Novel: A Biography. Moll Flanders continues the technique Defoe employs of a fictional journal disguised as a real life being unfolded. This novel read like a linked stories collection in that I was drawn more deeply into some parts than others. One I especially enjoyed was (view spoiler)
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I'd seen the movie starring Robin Wright many many years ago. I really like her anyway, but the story itself was a lot of fun and I'd always looked forward to reading the book to see how it measured up. I wasn't disappointed in the least. I suppose reading about Moll's life pattern could get a bit tedious for some, but although a bit melodramatic, some people are like that in real life. As I said, this is just a fun story in whatever form.
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