Roxana : The Fortunate Mistress
by DANIEL DEFOE, DAVID BLEWETT
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- ISBN 10
- 0140431497
- ISBN 13
- 9780140431490
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Synopsis
Roxana (1724) was Defoe's last novel. It is a fascinating work, simultaneously strange and tragic, which dramatizes the moral deterioration and degradation of its complex heroine. Mlle Beleau, or Roxana as she becomes known, enters upon a career as a courtesan. She passes from one protector to another in England, France and Holland and amasses much wealth. But she is fatally torn between the dull virtue of middle-class respectability and the evil attractions of the beckoning city lights. The only one of Defoe's novels that does not end with the triumph of its protagonist, Roxana is nevertheless a triumphant work of art. It is of enormous historical and social interest, highlighting as it does the complex relationship that existed in Defoe's time between public respectability and private corruption.
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- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 213206
- Title
- Roxana : The Fortunate Mistress
- Author
- DANIEL DEFOE, DAVID BLEWETT
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market PaperBack
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140431497
- ISBN 13
- 9780140431490
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA Inc
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- June 1982
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