´Moll Flanders ´was published on the 27^th of January in 1722 by W.Chetwood and T. Edlin, although in the title page we see 1721. A second <<corrected >> edition appeared in july and a third at the end of the year. In 1723 a book seller sold a pirate texts of Defoe´s work. In total they were five editions in less than two years. There were two possible models of the main characters, two famous delinquents called: Mary Godson (Moll King) and Sarah Wells, alias Callico Sarah. Howson´s ideas was that Moll Flanders was based on a combination of the surnames of both women. Defoe choose the name of Moll because was a common name for delinquents and Flanders (because of the Low Countries) which was asociated with sex and prostitution. (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders. Edition by Javier Sanchez Diez.Catedra. Letras Universales. 1999).