The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana

by Daniel Defoe

First published 1724 · 347 pages

About this book

"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.

  • Fiction
  • History
  • Mistresses
  • Women
  • English Picaresque literature
  • English Historical fiction
  • Large type books
  • Women -- Great Britain -- Fiction

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