Journal Entry 1 by RikkiDD from Dresden, Sachsen Germany on Tuesday, June 19, 2007

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The recent adaptation of Moll Flanders for Masterpiece Theater is a book-lover's dream: the dialogue and scene arrangement are close enough to allow the viewer to follow along in the book. The liberties taken with the tale are few (some years of childhood between the gypsies and the wealthy family are elided; Moll is Moll throughout the tale, rather than Mrs. Betty; Robert becomes Rowland, etc.) and the sets avoid the careless anachronism of the movie version released earlier this year.
The breasts, raised skirts, tumbling hair and heavy breathing on the small screen might catch you by surprise if you don't read the book carefully (as might Moll's abandonment of her children on more than one occasion). Unlike his near-contemporary John Cleland (_Fanny Hill_), Defoe was trying to keep out of jail, and so didn't dwell on the details of "correspondence" between Moll and her varied lovers. But on the page and on the screen, Moll comes across quite clearly as a woman who might bend, but refuses to break, and who is intent on having as good a life as she can get.
 

Journal Entry 2 by RikkiDD at mailed to a fellow bookcrosser in N/A, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, July 27, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (7/27/2007 UTC) at mailed to a fellow bookcrosser in N/A, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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As part of my Lifetime Challenge the book started its way to Norway 

Journal Entry 3 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, August 06, 2007

This book arrived in the mail today. What a great surprise! I had almost forgotten that I had a book on the way from Germany. :-D Thank you, RikkiDD!! Now you can cross Norway off your list! ;-)