Moll Flanders

<p><strong><em>Moll Flanders</em></strong> by <strong>Daniel Defoe</strong> is a picaresque novel that follows the tumultuous life of its cunning and resilient heroine <strong>Moll Flanders</strong>. Born in a Newgate prison Moll is determined to rise above her poor beginnings. Over the course of the novel she experiences multiple marriages love affairs and hardships often using wit charm and deception to survive. She becomes a thief a con-woman and even spends time in prison. Eventually Moll repents and is transported to America where she finds stability and prosperity. The novel explores themes of survival morality and social mobility in 18th-century England. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>