Yeah, well, early on kept setting this book aside. 11 CDs of audiobook. I listened to one disk and then another book or two interrupted my listening. The same thing happened after the 2nd disk. After the third disk, though, I no longer had any interest in putting this one aside because I was hooked. Moll Flanders is an incredibly interesting character living a difficult life. Sometimes the troubles of the past seem quaint because they aren't really a problem in our time. It's hard to work up a lot of emotion about a solved problem. The presentation in this book makes the issues of the 1680s a lot more real to me. Be living her busy and varied life, we learn a lot about the world and society back then. That's not the reason to read this book, though. The reason to read it is because Moll Flanders says a lot that worth hearing and because her adventures are so unique that you need to see what's going to happen next.

I'm now wondering if I should reread Robinson Crusoe, or see what other tales Daniel Defoe has to offer. This one was definitely worth reading.