Moll Flanders

This eighteenth-century classic by the author of Robinson Crusoe recounts the adventures and many marriages of the infamous thief, lover, and mother.

Here are recounted the fortunes and misfortunes of one known to London’s criminal underground as Moll Flanders. Born in Newgate Prison, Moll’s childhood ends when she is seduced by one foster brother, married to another, and widowed not long thereafte...