Moll Flanders

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Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Daniel Defoe

Moll Flanders

More information about this quote

Topic

Vice Moral theory Morality

Author

Daniel Defoe

Source

Moll Flanders

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1722 1720s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Defoe, Daniel, [published anonymously]. Moll Flanders. London: William Rufus Chetwood, 1722.

Current Citation

Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders: A Norton Critical Edition, edited by Albert J. Rivero. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.