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1、TheFortunes&MisfortunesoftheFamousMollFlanders&c.WhowasBorninNewgate,andduringaLifeofcontinu'dVarietyforThreescoreYears,besidesherChildhood,wasTwelveYearaWhore,fivetimesaWife(whereofoncetoherownBrother),TwelveYearaThief,EightYearaTransportedFeloninVirginia,
2、atlastgrewRich,liv'dHonest,anddiesaPenitent.WrittenfromherownMemorandums...byDanielDefoeTHEAUTHOR'SPREFACETheworldissotakenupoflatewithnovelsandromances,thatitwillbehardforaprivatehistorytobetakenforgenuine,wherethenamesandothercircumstancesofthepersonareco
3、ncealed,andonthisaccountwemustbecontenttoleavethereadertopasshisownopinionupontheensuingsheet,andtakeitjustashepleases.Theauthorisheresupposedtobewritingherownhistory,andintheverybeginningofheraccountshegivesthereasonswhyshethinksfittoconcealhertruename,aft
4、erwhichthereisnooccasiontosayanymoreaboutthat.Itistruethattheoriginalofthisstoryisputintonewwords,andthestyleofthefamousladyweherespeakofisalittlealtered;particularlysheismadetotellherowntaleinmodesterwordsthatshetolditatfirst,thecopywhichcamefirsttohandhav
5、ingbeenwritteninlanguagemorelikeonestillinNewgatethanonegrownpenitentandhumble,assheafterwardspretendstobe.Thepenemployedinfinishingherstory,andmakingitwhatyounowseeittobe,hashadnolittledifficultytoputitintoadressfittobeseen,andtomakeitspeaklanguagefittober
6、ead.Whenawomandebauchedfromheryouth,nay,evenbeingtheoffspringofdebaucheryandvice,comestogiveanaccountofallherviciouspractices,andeventodescendtotheparticularoccasionsandcircumstancesbywhichsheranthroughinthreescoreyears,anauthormustbehardputtoitwrapitupsocl
7、eanasnottogiveroom,especiallyforviciousreaders,toturnittohisdisadvantage.Allpossiblecare,however,hasbeentakentogivenolewdideas,noimmodestturnsinthenewdressingupofthisstory;no,nottotheworstpartsofherexpressions.Tothispurposesomeoftheviciouspartofherlife,whic
8、hcouldnotbemodestlytold,isquiteleftout,andseveralotherpartsareverymuchshortened.Whatisleft'tishopedwillnotoffendthechastestreaderorthemodesthearer;andasthebestuseismadeevenoftheworststory,themoral'tish
