The Fortunate Mistress: or, A History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 53 full-page plates by Francisco Goya, Canaletto and William Hogarth. The daughter of Huguenot refugees, married to a foolish London brewer, is left destitute with five children, gives them away, and rises through a series of protectors to a fortune, a title and a maid who knows everything. Defoe published "Roxana" in 1724 and left the ending deliberately unresolved, which readers have argued about ever since. The bookkeeping is exact, the repentance is late, and the question of what became of the daughter is never answered. Fifty-three plates by painters including Hogarth and Daumier follow a world of gaming houses, politicians, thieves and absinthe drinkers that mirrors Roxana's own precarious rise and fall.
Complete and unabridged, with 53 full-page plates by Francisco Goya, Canaletto and William Hogarth. The daughter of Huguenot refugees, married to a foolish London brewer, is left destitute with five children, gives them away, and rises through a series of protectors to a fortune, a title and a ma...
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Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731) was an English merchant, journalist, and writer. Active in London, he produced political pamphlets and essays before turning to long-form fiction. He is known for The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) and The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719).
Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731) was an English merchant, journalist, and writer. Active in London, he produced political pamphlets and essays before turning to long-form fiction. He is known for The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) and The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719).
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