An edition of Fortunate mistress (1724)
The fortunate mistress
or, A history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau ....
By Daniel Defoe
Publish Date
1927
Publisher
Basil Blackwell, publisher to the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon
Language
eng
Pages
356
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: Fiction, History, Women, Mistresses, English Picaresque literature, English Historical fiction, Fiction, historical, Great britain, fiction, England, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, general, Europe, fiction, Social conditions, Psychology, Long Now Manual for Civilization
Places: Europe, Great Britain, Women
Times: Charles II, 1660-1685, 17th century