Author(s): Defoe, Daniel
Reader(s): Bell, Heather
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA337212
Barcode: 730099037228
Release Date: 02/2006

DEFOE, D.: Moll Flanders (Abridged)

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continue’d Variety for Three-score Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia at last grew Rich, liv’d Honest, and died a Penitent’.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Defoe, Daniel - Author
Bell, Heather (Reader)
1 My true name is well known in the records 06:06
Bell, Heather (Reader)
2 When I was 14 my old nurse died 08:09
Bell, Heather (Reader)
3 The younger brother falls to work with me 03:59
Bell, Heather (Reader)
4 One brother prevails upon me to marry the other 06:45
Bell, Heather (Reader)
5 With reluctance, I agree 06:34
Bell, Heather (Reader)
6 A widow – left loose to the world 05:34
Bell, Heather (Reader)
7 Alone again – but in lessened circumstances 07:44
Bell, Heather (Reader)
8 A new, kindly husband 03:56
Bell, Heather (Reader)
9 We arrived in York River in Virginia 05:52
Bell, Heather (Reader)
10 The revelation destroys the marriage 06:09
Bell, Heather (Reader)
11 At last I resolved to tell him of it myself 04:30
Bell, Heather (Reader)
12 Return to England 07:49
Bell, Heather (Reader)
13 A new liaison in Bath 05:30
Bell, Heather (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Abandoned again 04:08
Bell, Heather (Reader)
2 Taking stock – approaching poverty 04:50
Bell, Heather (Reader)
3 At the bank – a sympathetic ear 06:48
Bell, Heather (Reader)
4 Travelling North – a wild marriage 07:02
Bell, Heather (Reader)
5 Financial reality and a final fling 05:40
Bell, Heather (Reader)
6 Another parting and another child 06:34
Bell, Heather (Reader)
7 Birth and fostering 04:56
Bell, Heather (Reader)
8 A new affair 05:54
Bell, Heather (Reader)
9 Marriage – again 06:16
Bell, Heather (Reader)
10 Widowhood, poverty and a new career 07:06
Bell, Heather (Reader)
11 Moll reflects on her first felony 06:33
Bell, Heather (Reader)
12 Moll learns her dangerous trade 05:57
Bell, Heather (Reader)
13 The last and fateful theft 07:20
Bell, Heather (Reader)
Disc 3
1 A husband reappears 05:51
Bell, Heather (Reader)
2 Trial – and a plea for mercy 04:38
Bell, Heather (Reader)
3 The sentence is proclaimed 05:46
Bell, Heather (Reader)
4 Moll reveals herself to her husband 05:42
Bell, Heather (Reader)
5 Bound for Virginia again 05:20
Bell, Heather (Reader)
6 Inquiries for my family 06:05
Bell, Heather (Reader)
7 Uncertainties 06:03
Bell, Heather (Reader)
8 Settling in – and a tender reunion 06:15
Bell, Heather (Reader)
9 Arranging affairs with my son 05:50
Bell, Heather (Reader)
10 A steady life and old age – at last 06:12
Bell, Heather (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 03:35:23