Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders, born in Newgate, and during a life of continued variety was twelve year a whore, five times a wife (whereof once to her own brother), twelve year a thief, eight year a transported felon in Virginia, at last grew rich, lived honest, and dies a penitent. Written from her own memorandums...

Zusammenfassung
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is a novel about a woman who is born into poverty and then turns to a life of crime in order to make her way in the world. The novel follows Moll's various adventures and misadventures, as she tries to find her place in society.Despite its criminal subject matter, Moll Flanders is actually a morality tale, in which the protagonist ultimately realizes the error of her ways and repents for her past misdeeds.