Roxana

Autor*innen

• Daniel Defoe

Parameter

• 356 Seiten
• 13 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Britische Literatur
• Geschichte
• Historische Romane
• Klassiker

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Roxana (1724), 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. The novel's drama lies not in the heroine's `vast variety of fortunes', but in her attempts to understand the sometimes bitter lessons of her life as a `Fortunate Mistress'. Defoe's achievement was to invent, in `Roxana', a gripping story-teller as well as a gripping story. This new edition features a new introduction, detailed notes, textual history, and map of contemporary London.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008