Moll Flanders | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

The Bank Clerk - Moll meets him just before she is about to go to Lancashire and feels that she needs someone to hold her money in London while she is away.

The Draper - During her marriage to him, Moll says she had the pleasure of seeing a great deal of my money spent upon herself.

The Elder Brother - Moll's first love, a handsome but tricky young man who creates a series of deceptions, putting Moll into a position where she must marry his brother, Robin.

Moll Flanders - The heroine...
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