num_pages: 312
description: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders &amp;c. (1722) by Daniel Defoe is a picaresque adventure-filled life story of a tenacious, smart, beautiful, and charismatic woman who aspires to be a lady but who begins her life as the daughter of a convict in Newgate prison. At various points engaging in prostitution, incest, theft, cons and machinations, and ultimately finding penitence, security, and true love, is Moll Flanders an amoral criminal or a sympathetic woman trying to survive harsh circumstances and better her life?
language: English
title: Moll Flanders
titlecomplete: Moll Flanders
characters: Moll Flanders
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, 18th Century, Literature, English Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 45542
places: Bath, Somerset, England, Newgate Prison, London, England, Georgia, London, England, Virginia
publisher: Norilana Books