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Daniel Defoe: The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Newgate)

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Daniel Defoe born as Daniel Foe, was a famous writer, pamphleteer, journalist and
English teacher. He was born on 13th September 1660 and died on 24th April 1731. Defoe is best known for his novel Robinson Crusoe. He was an allrounder and wrote many journals, books and pamphlets. The topic of his works was not limited and included psychology, religion, marriage, crime, politics and even the supernatural. This is also the reason why many great intellectual leaders gave attention to him and asked for his advice. Moll Flanders is considered to be one of the first few novels in literature.

Moll Flanders or commonly known as The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous
Moll Flanders Who was born in Newgate is a novel written by Daniel Defoe who is also known for the novel Robinson Crusoe. One thing that we easily learn about her from her memos is that she lived for around seventy years. Apart from her years of infancy, she was a whore for around twelve years of her life. Then she got married five times and once she even got married to her brother. Again, for a period of twelve long years she took the occupation of burglary. She was transferred as a convict for eight years in Virginia. In the end, she took to an honest living and became rich and died as a remorseful soul. First, we stumble upon the term theme. Theme is the vital essence of aesthetic depiction. There are three themes which are considered to be the most important in this novel,
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