Q: Who is the author of Moll Flanders?
a) Edward Gibbon
b) Daniel Defoe
c) Thomas Carew
d) John Addison
Correct answer: b) Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe was born around 1659-1660 in Cripplegate, near London. He was a prominent English writer, essayist, pamphlet pamphleteer, trader and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719. Moll Flanders is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It is a story about the fall and rise of a beautiful woman who was born in Newgate prison. The novel is based on the life of Moll king. It is an edition beneficial for people, who don't have such a broad knowledge of the 18th-century laws and social problems.
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