Women, crime, and character: from Moll Flanders to Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Foreword by Hermione Lee Preface and acknowledgements A note on the text I. Don't go to murder my character: criminal responsibility in the age of Moll Flanders II. What is the use of a woman's will?: the demise of Moll in the age of sensibility III. The weaker half of the human family?: responsibility, mind and morals in the age of Tess Bibliography