Name: The Fortunate Mistress; Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau
Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9781379639169

The Fortunate Mistress; Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (full title: 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 King Charles II) is a 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe............ Born in France, from which her parents fled because of religious persecution, Roxana grew to adolescence in England. At the age of fifteen, she married a handsome but conceited man. After eight years of marriage, during which time her husband went through all of their money, Roxana is left penniless with five children. She appeals for aid to her husband's relatives, all of whom refuse her except one old aunt, who is in no position to help her materially. Less

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