Moll Flanders

Interesting Facts

• The heroine of the novel lives many lives, changing names, destinies, and cities like an actress on a stage — her path leads from poverty to wealth, from crime to repentance.
• The narrative features a confessional voice, allowing the reader to peer into the heroine’s soul, sharing her fears, hopes, and passions.
• The world of the novel is full of contrasts: London’s slums stand side by side with luxury, and crime with the dream of virtue, giving the story a special drama and sharpness.
• The heroine’s fate is inseparably linked to the theme of female independence and survival in the harsh realities of the era, where a woman must show ingenuity and strength of spirit.
• The novel is rich in vivid images and details of eighteenth-century England and America, allowing the reader to feel the breath of the time and the atmosphere of the age.
• The plot is full of unexpected twists: the heroine becomes a thief, a swindler, a wife, and a mother, and her life is a succession of trials and transformations.
• In the finale, the motif of repentance and hope for forgiveness sounds, giving the story depth and humanity.