Moll Flanders Read-along

[Froggles]

There will be a group read-along of 'Moll Flanders' by Daniel Defoe, commencing in January 2020, according to the following schedule.

Please note that the book is not broken into chapters, and there are no breaks in the text, so we are dividing the book into quarters. As it is unlikely that everyone will be reading from the same edition, and thus the number of pages will vary, each person will have to determine where to break for themself.

Please refrain from commenting on quarters read ahead of schedule.

Jan 1-7 First quarter
Jan 8-14 Second quarter
Jan 15-21 Third quarter
Jan 22-28 Fourth quarter

[Chrissie]

Good solution!

[Froggles]

Thanks, Chrissie. :o)

[Hannah]

I really found a nice edition in my local charity shop. It's a sign I must join this readalong :)

[Froggles]

Welcome aboard, Hannah. :o)

[Art]

I've never read Moll Flanders so this will be fun!

[Chloe]

I must definitely join the read-along!

[Dee]

Hi, I’m new to the group and would love to join in with reading Moll Flanders in January. I’ve read along to various archived online group reads in the past, but this will be my first in real-time...

[Froggles]

Welcome Art, Chloe, and Dee! :o)

[Chrissie]

We have only a month to go now. I am looking forward to both Moll Flanders and Evelina. I will also probably do The Vicar of Wakefield to test the author Oliver Goldsmith!

[Mela]

I have been listening to an audiobook from LibriVox (since yesterday). One is sure, Daniel Defoe had an observant eye and was very critical about his times.

[Chrissie]

Mela, I have recently completed this. I listened too. Davina Porter narrated mine, and she did a tremendously good job. Who is your narrator?

I enjoyed observing how what seems impossible WAS possible. I am referring to the complete title.

I agree--his writing mirrors the time, and you can compare differences in social customs and behavior both in the US and England, I got the feeling you were living there back then. I very much like its focus on those NOT of the elite.

This is my favorite of the three Georgian books I have read this month.

[Lana]

I'm almost finished with Moll. I found it hard to get into at first, especially because of the writing style and the fact that there are no chapters or breaks.
I'm switching between the physical copy and audiobook, narrated by Georgina Sutton.
I like how critical Defoe is about the position of women in his time, and also that it's not about the elite. However, I often find it a bit repetitive, and enjoy some parts more than others.

[Lana]

"That as my sister-in-law at Colchester had said, beauty, wit, manners, sense, good humour, good behaviour, education, virtue, piety, or any other qualification, whether of body or mind, had no power to recommend; that money only made a woman agreeable; that men chose mistresses indeed by the gust of their affection, and it was requisite
to a whore to be handsome, well-shaped, have a good mien and a graceful behaviour; but that for a wife, no deformity would shock the fancy, no ill qualities the judgment; the money was the thing; the portion was
neither crooked nor monstrous, but the money was always agreeable, whatever the wife was. "

[Mela]

Chrissie wrote: "Mela, I have recently completed this. I listened too. Davina Porter narrated mine, and she did a tremendously good job. Who is your narrator?

I am finishing an audiobook from LibriVox. It is a collaborative reading (not dramatized). Some lectors are really good, but some just so-so.