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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 (Thorndike ... Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series)
Roxana the Fortunate Mistress Or a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau Afterwards Called the Countess De - Thorndike ... Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series 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 »d by the illusion that she can escape her own past. This edition uses the rare first edition text, with a new Introduction, detailed Notes, textual history and a map of contemporary London.« less