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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess De wintselshei (Oxford World's Classics)
Roxana The Fortunate Mistress Or a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau Afterwards Called the Countess De wintselshei - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Daniel Defoe
Roxana (1724), Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. Its narrator tells the story of her own "wicked" life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. Endowed with many seductive skills, she is herself seduced: by money, by dreams of rank, an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192834591
ISBN-10: 0192834592
Publication Date: 9/11/1998
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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