moll flanders and society

written by umut altan MOLL FLANDERS One of the earliest social novels in English , Moll Flanders features one of the most lively , convincing , and delightful rogues in literature .In the novel , through the harsh life of a woman , Daniel Defoe shows the reader how life was in the 18th century England . Moll Flanders is a story about the fall and rise of a woman who was born in Newgate Prison . Her mother was saved from …

…and then resorted to a life of crime after she no longer looked good enough to make a living as a prostitute . As a result Moll Flanders is a rogue novel that involves a woman's expedition from a poverty stricken lower class to a middle - class station in life . The novel is regarded as one of the earliest social novels . Therefore it gives the reader information about the life in the 18th century England. .