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Podcast: The Reader and the Writer
Episode: Moll Flanders | Part 6
Description: Welcome to the last episode of Moll Flanders! In this episode Shari and Rhea dive deep into Moll’s moment of repentance and her life as a penitent afterwards. Do we believe her? Does she become a reliable narrator in the end? What is the difference between repentance and penitence anyway?? They also go back to the question they asked themselves early on: why does this novel feel so contemporary and necessary for our 21st century time? All this and much more. As mentioned at the beginning of the episode, R&W’s next slow read...