Author

Contributions

  • Mullan, John. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

89,000 words, Guess

Page Count

356 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780199536740
  • ISBN-100199536740
  • LibraryThing97817
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008482137
  • OCLC Control Number297532025
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC823/.5
  • LCCPR3404 .F6 2008
  • LCCPR3404

Alternate Titles

  • Roxana, the fortunate mistress
  • History of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau

Description

"Roxana", 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.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Roxana, the fortunate mistress, or, A history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau: afterwards called the Countess de Wintselsheim in Germany : being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles IIOxford University Press2008-01-01
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