• Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe (c.1660 - 1731)

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe (c.1660 - 1731)

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  • The full title of the novel is 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. The novel concerns the story of an unnamed "fallen woman", the second time Defoe created such a character (the first was a similar female character in Moll Flanders). In Roxana, a woman who takes on various pseudonyms, including "Roxana," describes her fall from wealth thanks to abandonment by a "fool" of a husband and movement into prostitution upon his abandonment. Roxana moves up and down through the social spectrum several times. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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  • Section 36

    Section 36
    Nov 24 2023
    44 mins
  • Section 35

    Section 35
    Nov 24 2023
    43 mins
  • Section 28

    Section 28
    Nov 24 2023
    36 mins
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