An edition of The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana (1724)

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 in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II

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An edition of The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana (1724)

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 in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II

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"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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G.K. Hall
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English
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485

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Fiction, History, Mistresses, Women, English Picaresque literature, English Historical fiction, Large type books, Women -- Great Britain -- Fiction, Women -- Europe -- Fiction, Mistresses -- Fiction, Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction, Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, action & adventure, England, fiction, Europe, civilization, history, Fiction, historical, Great britain, fiction, Europe, fiction, Social conditions, Psychology, Long Now Manual for Civilization

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Europe, Great Britain, Women

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Charles II, 1660-1685, 17th century

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Cover of: 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 in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II
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 in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II
2000, G.K. Hall
in English
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Roxana: Or the Fortunate Mistress (The Everyman Library)
February 1999, Tuttle Publishing
in English
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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
September 11, 1998, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
Cover of: Roxana, the fortunate mistress
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 in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II
1981, Oxford University Press
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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (Signet Classical Books)
March 6, 1979, Signet Classics, NewEnglish Library
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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
September 1969, Oxford University Press
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the fortunate mistress
1924
in English
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The fortunate mistress: or, A history of the life of Mademoiselle de Beleau known by the name of the Lady Roxana
1904, George D. Sproul
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Published in
Thorndike, Me
Series
G.K. Hall large print perennial bestseller series
Genre
Fiction.
Other Titles
Roxana, the fortunate mistress, History of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, 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

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.5
Library of Congress
PR3404 .F6 2000, PR3404.F6 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
485 p. (large print) ;
Number of pages
485

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6787625M
Internet Archive
roxanafortunatem00defo_1
ISBN 10
0783891482
LCCN
00044831
LibraryThing
97817
Goodreads
582376

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OL411558W

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