Author:Daniel Defoe,David Blewett
Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll's drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and a resourceful career as a thief ('the greatest Artist of my time') before she is apprehended and returned to Newgate.
If Moll Flanders is on one level a Puritan's tale of sin and repentance, through self-made, self-reliant Moll its rich subtext conveys all the paradoxes and amoralities of the struggle for property and power in Defoe's newly individualistic society.
Touching...a deft, sweet, and often comic novel.
—— Chicago TribuneEntertaining...flawless dialogue...reading it is like eavesdropping on an intimate female chat
—— New York Daily NewsA tense, precarious achievement, brilliantly evoking a dangerous journey
—— The TimesIt is the sharpness of the topography that brings this book to life, the handling of the characters is equally impressive... Thubron has captured, with a vividness that few could match...the charms of a journey into the unknown
—— Sunday TelegraphAn intriguing and worthwhile success
—— Times Literary SupplementColin Thubron seems to be a writer undaunted by immensity, either of place or plot... To the Last City is haunting and passionate and, above all, magnificently fearless
—— Observer
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