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1、MollFlandersDefoe,DanielPublished:1722Type(s):NovelsSource:Gutenberg.org1AboutDefoe:DanielDefoewasanEnglishwriter,journalistandspy,whogainedenduringfameforhisnovelRobinsonCrusoe.DefoeisnotableforbeingoneoftheearliestpractitionersofthenovelandhelpedpopularizethegenreinBritain.Insometex
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3、kipedia2Part1Author'sPreface3Theworldissotakenupoflatewithnovelsandromances,thatitwillbehardforaprivatehistorytobetakenforgenuine,wherethenamesandothercircumstancesofthepersonareconcealed,andonthisaccountwemustbecontenttoleavethereadertopasshisownopinionupontheen-suingsheet,andtakeitj
4、ustashepleases.Theauthorisheresupposedtobewritingherownhistory,andintheverybeginningofheraccountshegivesthereasonswhyshethinksfittoconcealhertruename,afterwhichthereisnooccasiontosayanymoreaboutthat.Itistruethattheoriginalofthisstoryisputintonewwords,andthestyleofthefamousladyweheresp
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6、nowseeittobe,hashadnolittledifficultytoputitintoadressfittobeseen,andtomakeitspeaklanguagefittoberead.Whenawomandebauchedfromheryouth,nay,evenbeingtheoffspringofdebaucheryandvice,comestogiveanaccountofallherviciouspractices,andeventodescendtotheparticularoccasionsandcircumstancesbywhi
7、chsheranthroughinthreescoreyears,anauthormustbehardputtoitwrapitupsocleanasnottogiveroom,especiallyforviciousreaders,toturnittohisdisadvantage.Allpossiblecare,however,hasbeentakentogivenolewdideas,noimmodestturnsinthenewdressingupofthisstory;no,nottotheworstpartsofherexpressions.Tothi
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