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Titel: Moll Flanders
Autor:: Daniel Defoe
Erzähler: Gabriela Zorn
Format: Unabridged
Spieldauer: 13 hrs and 31 mins
Sprache: Deutsch
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 01-04-18
Herausgeber: SAGA Egmont
Kategorien: Classics, World Literature
Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:
Glück und Unglück der berühmten Moll Flanders, die, in Newgate geboren, nebst ihrer Kindheit in sechzig wechselvollen Jahren Dirne war, fünfmal heiratete, darunter ihren Bruder, zwölf Jahre lang stahl, acht Jahre deportierte Verbrecherin in Virginien war, schließlich reich wurde, ehrbar lebte und reuig starb. Beschrieben nach ihren eigenen Erinnerungen.
Ähnlich abenteuerlich und turbulent verlief auch das Leben des Autors: Der 1660 in den Wirren des nachrevolutionären England geborene Daniel Defoe war Kaufmann und Fabrikant, Spion, politischer Häftling und Journalist; Erfolg wie Bankrott kennzeichnen in gleichem Maße seine Karriere. Erst im Alter von 60 Jahren veröffentlichte Defoe seinen ersten Roman, der auch gleich sein berühmtester wurde, den "Robinson Crusoe". Sein journalistisches Schaffen umfasst mehr als hundert Schriften, Bücher und Pamphlete sowie hunderte von Artikeln.
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Mitglieder Bewertungen:
Defoe's Best, So Far
Having read only one other Defoe novel before, that being "Roxana", I must say this is my favorite so far, and it seems to be the same for the majority of other readers. It does feel like his books, though short, are a marathon of a read, since there are no chapters or other page breaks that can generally chop up the story, like into different periods of time or different scenes. I guess I am just used to the modern way a story is broken up.
To get to the tale itself, I really enjoyed it, and throughout the whole of it, you really do feel for the woman, who we generally don't know the name of. She goes thru a lot, failed romances, certainly many marriages, abandoned children, broken hearts and a few twists as well that I hadn't expected (thank goodness I never read a synopsis that gave away anything before completing it). I was a little frustrated with the ending, for I wish the author had given a little more description of some of her children that she left behind. For a couple of them, sons I believe, 'Moll' said how torn and saddened she felt about leaving those children behind. I thought it so heartless of her, for, being a mother myself, I could never contemplate abandoning mine, no matter the reason. Or if events parted us, I would never rest until I found him again, or discovered what happened to him. I don't know, I guess that her heartlessness in that regard lost a little bit of my sympathy in the end, since I thought by the end of the tale, we would discover what had happened to all of her children.
I do plan on reading "Robinson Crusoe" soon, but I have a feeling that "Moll Flanders" will remain my favorite of Defoe's
Interesting read
I loved the visual starring Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman and Stockard Channing and trust me when I say the movie version which was based on the book, is about as far removed from the book as possible. That being said, I can only imagine when this was published in 1721, it caused more than a few eyebrows to raise or wigs to pop off readers heads. The author has created a character that repeatedly reinvented herself as her circumstances changed and indeed it's hard not to like her. I did find a few of the scenarios that occurred in the story of historic value, so there is something to be learned from this work.