Just outside Ypres, you’ll find the cosy family hotel of Flanders Lodge, with a nice ... more
winter garden restaurant and the charm of a log cabin.The hotel’s restaurant has a cosy bar and terrace that offer a warm ambience for a chat and a drink. Benefit from...
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Advantages: great charecters great well detailed plot Disadvantages: quite long
Moll Flanders, the full title is
"The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders who was born in Newgate, and during a life of continu'd variety for threescore years besides her childhood, was a Whore, five times a wife (whereof once to her own brother) twelve Year a thief, eight year a transported Felon on Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest and died a Penitent) written from her own memorandums."
That's quite a title eh??
Published in 1722 when the writer Daniel Defoe was 62 this novel was way ahead of its time. The writing is exceptional, the dialog, the settings and the characters are all exceptionally real and honest and brought to life by Defoe's wonderful writing style.
The character who takes the title role of Moll Flanders is a girl left alone in the world.
She was brought into the world by ...
Advantages: It's one of the earliest English novels? Disadvantages: ? but it's not the best
Moll Flanders
By
Daniel Defoe
The first time I read Moll Flanders I hated it so much that it took me three weeks to finish it, although it's a 400-page novel, more or less. It was a part of my course, then, and I wanted to read it before studying it in class, to be prepared. I saw no use whatsoever in reading about a girl who steals and works in prostitution to make her living. However, when it was explained by the excellent tutor who taught us fiction back then, I started to understand and appreciate it, and I read it two more times.
In the eighteenth century England, women used to give money to men just to impregnate them in prison so that they don't get hanged. The law was merciful enough not to allow death penalty for a pregnant woman, but it was also one that hanged men and women for petty thefts. Crime was everywhere ...
Advantages: A historical building Disadvantages: disappointing and spoilt by the owners
around the 1600?s by the next leaseholder Mr Robert Berry another local gentleman of good standing.
In 1965 the house was used for some scenes in the film Moll Flanders staring Angela Lansbury. It has also been used as a prison during its history and a school; it is written that Catherine of Aragon lived here when she was married to Prince Arthur before she married Henry VIII.
It is also rumoured that the lodge may be haunted by a young girl wearing Tudor clothing, I never saw or felt anything during my visit, but then again I wasn?t on a ghost hunt so I wasn?t really looking.
~~ How to get here ~~
These might seem very familiar as Castle Lodge is situated in the Castle Square right outside Ludlow Castle, so the directions are the same as for the castle.
As I mentioned earlier it is smack bang in the middle of Ludlow ...
arnoldhenryrufus 13.06.2009 (18.06.2009)
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A. Dehemlaan 19, 8900 Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
City
Ieper
Country
Belgium
Post Code
8900
County
West Flanders
Continent
Europe
Avg Price
35
Manufacturer's product description
Just outside Ypres, youll find the cosy family hotel of Flanders Lodge, with a nice winter garden restaurant and the charm of a log cabin.The hotels restaurant has a cosy bar and terrace that offer a warm ambience for a chat and a drink. Benefit from a free Wi-Fi connection and free parking at this comfortable establishment.Unwind in one of the simple, elegant guest rooms, each equipped with many modern facilities and their own bath. The hotel provides a wonderful base for exploring the area, with its rich history and war monuments.
