Born to a convicted mother in Newgate prison, Moll Flanders tells her own story of five husbands, many lovers, a life of thieving in London and a voyage to Virginia. Defoe presents it as a genuine memoir, softened in the telling, of a woman who keeps her real name hidden and claims at last to have repented.
Defoe’s 1722 novel of a resourceful woman, frank, practical and still lively to read. Download the free EPUB.