If a young woman once thinks herself handsome, she never doubts the truth of any man that tells her he is in love with her; for if she believes herself charming enough to captive him, 'tis natural to expect the effects of it. from Moll Flanders Moll Flanders, first published in 1722, like many early novels told on the first person narrative and presented as a truthful account, is about the realistic experiences of a woman, Moll Flanders, in the world of 18th century London and the details of her exploit

"You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know." From The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray, including the themes namely morality of sensuality and hedonism in Victorianism, decadence of the English upper-class and aestheticism, is the only novel and main prose work by Oscar Wilde. The handling along with the art implications may be read not only as a proclamation of aestheticism, but also a criticism of it. Being one of