Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe tells the story of a woman born into poverty who struggles throughout her life, while Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos De Laclos depicts the licentious activities of French aristocrats in the late 18th century. The two novels differ in that Dangerous Liaisons uses a epistolary format through letters between characters, whereas Moll Flanders is written in prose style as a story.

1. Daniel Defoe/Moll Flanders
versus Choderlos De
Laclos/Dangerous Liaisons

3. Moll Flanders was written as a
projection of Daniel Defoe’s life

4. he was shrouded with much struggle
having been born and raised in a
lower class family

5. The French Choderlos De Laclos was
born in an aristocratic family

6. Dangerous Liaisons mirrors the life of
aristocrats and some of the most
typical liaisons they engaged in life

7. 1. Dangerous Liaisons’ structure is an
epistolary novel
2.Moll Flanders is more of prose or
story