The life and adventures of the famous Moll Flanders, who was born in Newgate
| Publication Date | 1765 |
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| Remainder | containing, her manner of being brought up among gypsies, who left her to the care of the parish at Colchester. Her being debauched at the age of sixteen by her lady s eldest son, and sometime after being married to his own brother, who dying, left her with two children. Her marrying a rich painter [sic], who carried her to Virginia, where his estate lay, and having a child by him, her discoursing with his mother one day, when she discovered her to be her own mother also. Her refusing to live in incest with him, and return to England. Intrigue with a gentleman at Bath, by whom she had a son. Her marriage in Lancashire with a gentleman who proved to be an Irish fortune hunter. Her being detected in a robbery, trial at the Old Bailey, and transportation with her Lancashire husband. Her arrival at Virginia, seeing her son by her own brother, growing rich and dying penitent in the 77th year of her age. Written from her own memorandums. |
| Extent | 358 p. |
| Location | London |
| Publisher | printed for J. Cooke, in Pater-noster-Row |
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- NEWG1 - Newgate
- NEWG1 - Newgate - Newgate
- NEWG2 - Newgate Market - Newgate
- NEWG3 - Newgate Street - Newgate
- OLDB1 - Old Bailey
- OLDB1 - Old Bailey - Old Bailey
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