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)
1My true name is well known in the records06:06
Bell, Heather (Reader)
2When I was 14 my old nurse died08:09
Bell, Heather (Reader)
3The younger brother falls to work with me03:59
Bell, Heather (Reader)
4One brother prevails upon me to marry the other06:45
Bell, Heather (Reader)
5With reluctance, I agree06:34
Bell, Heather (Reader)
6A widow – left loose to the world05:34
Bell, Heather (Reader)
7Alone again – but in lessened circumstances07:44
Bell, Heather (Reader)
8A new, kindly husband03:56
Bell, Heather (Reader)
9We arrived in York River in Virginia05:52
Bell, Heather (Reader)
10The revelation destroys the marriage06:09
Bell, Heather (Reader)
11At last I resolved to tell him of it myself04:30
Bell, Heather (Reader)
12Return to England07:49
Bell, Heather (Reader)
13A new liaison in Bath05:30
Bell, Heather (Reader)
Disc 2
1Abandoned again04:08
Bell, Heather (Reader)
2Taking stock – approaching poverty04:50
Bell, Heather (Reader)
3At the bank – a sympathetic ear06:48
Bell, Heather (Reader)
4Travelling North – a wild marriage07:02
Bell, Heather (Reader)
5Financial reality and a final fling05:40
Bell, Heather (Reader)
6Another parting and another child06:34
Bell, Heather (Reader)
7Birth and fostering04:56
Bell, Heather (Reader)
8A new affair05:54
Bell, Heather (Reader)
9Marriage – again06:16
Bell, Heather (Reader)
10Widowhood, poverty and a new career07:06
Bell, Heather (Reader)
11Moll reflects on her first felony06:33
Bell, Heather (Reader)
12Moll learns her dangerous trade05:57
Bell, Heather (Reader)
13The last and fateful theft07:20
Bell, Heather (Reader)
Disc 3
1A husband reappears05:51
Bell, Heather (Reader)
2Trial – and a plea for mercy04:38
Bell, Heather (Reader)
3The sentence is proclaimed05:46
Bell, Heather (Reader)
4Moll reveals herself to her husband05:42
Bell, Heather (Reader)
5Bound for Virginia again05:20
Bell, Heather (Reader)
6Inquiries for my family06:05
Bell, Heather (Reader)
7Uncertainties06:03
Bell, Heather (Reader)
8Settling in – and a tender reunion06:15
Bell, Heather (Reader)
9Arranging affairs with my son05:50
Bell, Heather (Reader)
10A steady life and old age – at last06:12
Bell, Heather (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 03:35:23