An edition of Fortunate mistress (1724)
The Fortunate Mistress
Or, a History of the Life of Mademoiselle Debeleau, Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana
By Daniel Defoe
Publish Date
April 1985
Publisher
Ams Pr Inc
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