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Moll King was a 17th-century London criminal and born in the 1670s.

She went into business with London criminal Jonathan Wild and learned pick-pocketing.

After that, she was sentenced many times for theft, and finally, in 1734, she was exiled to the United States.

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Moll Flanders is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722.The novel is based on the life of Moll King, a London criminal who Defoe met while visiting Newgate Prison.

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“Moll Flanders”is a novel by Daniel Defoe.The settings in the novel vary,reflecting Moll’s travels and experiences.Some key settings include:

London:the city where Moll is born and spends much of her life.It's depicted as bustling and diverse,offering opportunities for both wealthy and hardship.

Virginia:Moll is transported to the American colony of Virginia as a convict,where she faces the challenges of colonial life.

Newgate Prison:Moll spends time in Newgate Prison for her criminal activities,reflecting the harsh realities of the justice system in 18th-century England.

The countryside:Moll also spends time in rural settings,such as the estates of her various husbands,which contrast with the urban environment of London.

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Moll's mother is a convict in Newgate Prison in London who is given a reprieve,she gave birth Moll,raised by a kind foster mother.She is loved by both sons and married the younger of two brothers ,after five years of marriage,she became widow, leaves her children to a relative, and begins honing the skill of passing herself to attract a man who will marry her and provide her with security.

The first time,she met a "gentle tradesman",but because of her husband's extravagant spending, he left Moll and fled Europe.

The second time,she came to the Colony of Virginia, married a kind man and gave birth to three children. But later she found out that the man's mother was her biological mother, so she broke off the marriage and returned to England.

Returning to the UK, she started her own deception and had relationships with different men at the same time, becoming a "kept woman".

She first established a relationship with a man in Bath,they had three sons, but in the end the man regretted it.

Moll,42 age,she was married with a married bank clerk,while waiting for the bank clerk's divorce, Moll pretended to have huge wealth,with the help of a friend, she attracted and married another wealthy married man, but then everything had changed. She discoved that was a friend's plan,Moll and wealthy man divorced,Moll became pregnant.

She left the child in the care of a country woman, contacted the bank clerk again, and realized her mistake. The two lived happily for 5 years, until bankruptcy ended their life.

Desperate Moll began her life of theft，she calls herself Moll Flanders.Finally, she was discovered by two maids while trying to steal in a house.

In prison she met her future husband, J., and she managed to convince the priest to travel with him to the American colonies to avoid hanging.

Her mother left her a cotton plantation in American colony,she and her husband lived happily in Maryland, many years later, they decided to return to the England to atone for their past sins.

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Like all famous works,this novel has different themes too.

Greed

The greed leas Moll to prostitution,thievery,and moral disintegration.Moll sees people as commodities,their relationships as business transactions.She is in love with the brother,but she has few qualms about taking money from him.She chooses husbands with the basis of the affluence or social class.She prostitutes and steals for money.

She regrets it only when she is too old,can't do anything.

Vanity

The force of vanity prevails over virtue,it determines Moll's behavior,runs through Moll's five marriages and numerous lovers and this factor precipitates her decision to steal.

All her actions are in some way linked to her vanity.

Repentance

She constantly entertains the desire to repent,but she lacks moral strength,so her moral fiber is quickly overcome on several occasions by the slightest pressures or inducements.

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Moll Flanders

The narrator and protagonist of the novel, who actually goes by a number of names during the course of her lifetime.

"Moll Flanders" is the alias she adopts, or rather is given by the criminal public, during her years as an expert thief.

Moll's Mother

She reappears as Moll's mother-in-law midway through the novel, when Moll travels to Virginia with the husband who turns out to be her half-brother. She leaves her daughter a sizable inheritance when she dies, which Moll reclaims in America at the end of the novel.

The Elder Brother

One of the two brothers in the family with which Moll spends her teenage years, he falls in love with her. She becomes the mistress of this older brother, under the mistaken understanding that he intends to marry her when he comes into his inheritance.

Robert

The younger of the two brothers who fall in love with Moll. He eventually marries her, in spite of his family's disapproval, but dies after five years.

The Draper

Moll's second husband, a tradesman with the manners of a gentleman. His financial indiscretions sink them into poverty, and he eventually escapes to France as a fugitive from the law.

The Plantation Owner

A man who marries Moll under the deception that she has a great fortune. Together they move to Virginia, where he has his plantations. There, Moll learns that he is actually her half-brother and leaves him to return to England.

The Gentleman

A well-to-do man who befriends Moll and eventually makes her his mistress. His wife is mad, but he keeps Moll for six years before an illness and religious experience prompt him to break off the relationship.

The Banker

A prosperous man whom Moll agrees to marry if he will divorce his unfaithful wife. They live happily for several years, but he then dies.

Jemy

Also called James and "my Lancashire husband," he is the only man that Moll has any real affection for. They marry under a mutual deception and then part ways. Eventually they are reunited in prison and begin a new life together in America.

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Defoe was writing in a new capitalistically oriented England,and he said that he is writing the book as a moral lesson to "give the history of a moral life repented...".

So,we can't consider Moll too harshly,she is forced into a life of crime by social conditions which leave few other alternatives.