It is noteworthy to state the fact that Defoe wrote Molla flanders at a time when there was still little precedence for the novel as a genre . Therefore, he accordingly felt compelled to justify his book by presenting it a true story . In this respect , Moll Flanders is an excellent story about one woman's evolution from a poor economic status to a, later, mid-class caste in life. Moll Flanders used her meticulous cunning in order …showed first 75 words of 837 total…

…showed last 75 words of 837 total…station in life. It shows, very clearly, the legal system in the 18th century, and how it is against women. It also shows how a normal woman must become a whore in order to survive in this kind of civilization. Moll Flanders is a resourceful poverty stricken woman who can make the best of what she has. She survived long enough to move to America with the person she loved and live a happy life.