Defoe's rumbustious story tells the tale of Moll Flanders: her seductions, marriages and liaisons, and the journey to her mother in Virginia where it becomes clear that Moll has, without realising, married her own brother.

Our resourceful heroine goes to and from America meeting (and sometimes marrying) highwaymen, pickpockets and dastardly rogues in a wonderful picaresque romp that is one of the most enjoyable and enduring classic novels.