Moll Flanders follows the life of it's eponymous heroine through its many vicissitudes which include her early seduction, careers in crime and prostitution, conviction for theft and transportation to the plantations of Virginia, and her ultimate redemption and prosperity in the New World. Molls Flanders was one of the first social novels to be published in English and draws heavily on Defoe's experience of the topography and social conditions prevailing in the London of the late 17th century.

Okay, here's a good one. I gave this book to my uncle who was headed to Istanbul. My thinking was, "Hey, I've never been to Turkey but I could send one of my books!" I thought it would be exciting to have a book journaled from Turkey. He took the book to Turkey and was carrying it in a side pocket on his suitcase. He remembers having it in the hotel he was staying at...it was on the night stand, and had my post-it saying to the world (or anyone that was looking) that it was not a lost book but a free book. Anyway, that's the last time he remembers seeing the book...did housekeeping at the Istanbul Hilton get it (after all, it DID SAY free book)? Or did he drop it somewhere else, on accident w/o knowing? Hopefully, only time will tell!