The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

Moll Flanders capped a career as harlot and thief with penitence. Her story remains today (as it has for 200 years) the liveliest and most candid record of a bawd's progress. This account of the rising fortunes of a London street urchin, who connived her way into many beds and much wealth, is set in the free-for-all society of 17th century England. Her record of scandalous adventure rings with an earthy, candid humor seldom matched in modern fiction.