In a novel by this author, a woman "pleads her belly" to avoid going to prison until the birth of her daughter,whose first memory is traveling with a band of gypsies. Another character created by this man is surprisedwhen the wooden stakes he uses to keep up his bower end up sprouting. That character created by this writerb
In a novel by this author, a woman "pleads her belly" to avoid going to prison until the birth of her daughter,whose first memory is traveling with a band of gypsies. Another character created by this man is surprisedwhen the wooden stakes he uses to keep up his bower end up sprouting. That character created by this writerbuilds a canoe out of a cedar tree but cannot bring it to sea. At the end of a novel by this author, the titlecharacter goes to a plantation with Jemy and sees her son Humphrey, who was conceived with her halfbrother.Another of his title characters becomes enslaved in Sallee before owning a plantation in Brazil andbefriending a cannibal he names Friday. For 10 points, name this author of Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe. 