num_pages: 316
description: Abandoned at birth and threatened with a life in service, Defoe's young heroine sets her heart on independence. One fatal seduction and five husbands later, she resorts to a life of self-supporting crime. Moll Flanders follows this indestructible heroine to the depths of eighteenth century England's corruption.
language: English
title: Moll Flanders: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
titlecomplete: Moll Flanders: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
characters: Moll Flanders
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, English Literature, 18th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 45545
places: London, England, Newgate Prison, London, England, Virginia, Bath, Somerset, England, Georgia
publisher: Everymans Library