Roxana, the fortunate mistress; or, A history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau1724
(The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana)
afterwards called the Countess de Wintselsheim in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II.
by Daniel Defoe
"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.
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