No More Antiquity Plz

After an andante passage of time, which seemed like eternity, Moll Flanders has finally come to an end, leaving me with a new resolution for this year; the resolution being, not to read anymore of the 17th century literature for a loooong time to come. Well this is my second attempt at writing a book review, the first being, My Days, and lemme tell you that i'm pretty bad at giving reviews. Now coming back to the topic of discussion, Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is the autobiography of a prostitute, who masters in the acts of petty thefts, and judges prostitution, bigamy and robbery only in terms of their potential profit.






I recommend this book only if you have an appetite for antiquity or else its a torturous way of testing your patience, which you are more likely to flunk. Its one of its kind coz it begins and it ends. It barely gives you a chance to breathe as it is not sub-divided into chapters and goes on and on like Mahadevan's Breathless. One cant expect anything more from a 17th century piece but a traditionally formal prose style and a mannered manner which sometimes is not well recieved by the modern reader. If you are able to navigate through the first fifty pages then the remaining two hundred pages wont pose much of a challenge as the story would take care of everything else and is most likely to keep you engaged till the end. But believe me guys i had a real tough time trying to keep pace with Miss Flanders' life.






Now Moll is a lively and delightful rogue, who uses her beauty to try and achieve financial security; her sex being the only commodity which she continually tries to sell in the highest market. Though she is penitent at the end, and finds happiness and peace after her adventures of the flesh and robbery, but she lacks all moral sense and is guided by only a deep and constant sense of the value of money, She reduces everything sooner or later to its monetary value and some of the events actually reminded me of Scarlett O' Hara of Gone With The Wind.








Moll Flanders, however is worth giving a try coz antiquity after a period of time acquires the grace of novelty and a formal style of writing can be a agreeable relief to any present day piece. So read it if you want to test the levels of your patience to the extreme.





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