Depicting a woman’s independent struggle to make her own way in life and find a suitable husband. Daniel Defoe created Moll Flanders, who embarks on a journey of sin, bad luck, and mistakes.

Daniel Defoe is commonly regarded as one of the greatest English writers, involved in politics and a personal friend of the then King William III. Moll Flanders was written immediately after his first novel, Robinson Crusoe, and enhanced an already burgeoning reputation.