Download or read book Roxana the Fortunate Mistress Or A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintelsheim in Germany Being the Person Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana in the Time of King Charles II Edited by David Blewett Penguin Classics written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roxana The Fortunate Mistress written by Daniel Defoe and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British writer Daniel Defoe is credited with being one of the first writers to dabble in longer-form fiction, eventually leading to the development of the novel format. His final work, published anonymously, follows the life of a remarkable woman who flouts the social strictures of the eighteenth century and takes up with a series of men in order to ensure the survival of her family -- but always on her own terms and in a manner consistent with her own unique code of ethics.
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Download or read book Roxana written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Belleau, 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.
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Download or read book The Fortunate Mistress or a History of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau afterwards call d the Countess of Wintselsheim in Germany being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of King Charles II By D Defoe written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1740 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roxana The Fortunate Mistress Or A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau Afterwards Called the Countess Wintselssheim in Germany written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Roxana The Fortunate Mistress written by Daniel Defoe and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The novel examines the possibility of eighteenth-century women owning their own estate despite a patriarchal society, as with Roxana's celebrated claim that "the Marriage Contract is ... nothing but giving up Liberty, Estate, Authority, and everything, to the Man".The novel further draws attention to the incompatibility between sexual freedom and freedom from motherhood: Roxana becomes pregnant many times due to her sexual exploits, and it is one of her children, Susan, who come back to expose her, years later, near the novel's close, helping to precipitate her flight abroad, subsequent loss of wealth, and (ambiguous) repentance. The character of Roxana can be described as a proto-feminist because she carries out her actions of prostitution for her own ends of freedom but before a feminist ideology was fully formed, (though Defoe also works to undercut the radicalism of her position). The book also explores the clash of values between the Restoration court and the middle-class. Roxana also discusses the issues of truth and deceit. As the text is a first-person narration and written to simulate a real first-hand account of a woman, first comes the issue of subjectivity, but also the underlying lie as to the veracity of the text. The reader can only trust in Roxana to give us a true account of her story, but as she often lies to other characters in the book, and even to herself, she is not a reliable narrator. Furthermore, the whole construction of her character is made on lies and disguises. Her name, or names, are not mentioned until the end of the novel, so even the most basic aspect of her identity - her name - is a mystery for the majority of the novel. And the name that is most associated to her: Roxana, is based on a lie and on a disguise, namely the Turkish dress. Published anonymously, and not attributed to Defoe till 1775, Roxana was nonetheless a popular hit in the eighteenth century, frequently reprinted in altered versions to suit the taste of the day: thus the 1775 edition, which called itself The New Roxana, had been sentimentalised to meet the tastes of the day.
Download or read book Roxana written by Daniel Defoe and published by Gottfried & Fritz. This book was released on 2019-05-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1724, Roxana is unique in that it is Defoe’s last novel and the only one that deals with the moral degradation of the main character, rather than her success (as one might see in his other novels). Roxana is supposed to be a fictional representation of Nell Gwyn, the long-time mistress of Charles II of England and Scotland. Called “pretty, witty Nell” by Samuel Pepys, she has long been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. Defoe’s illustration of Nell is rather less flattering, however.
Download or read book Roxana the fortunate mistress or a history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau afterwards called the Countess de Wintelsheim in Germany being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roxana the Fortunate Mistress Or A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau written by Daniel Defoe and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for students of English Literature, especially eighteenth-century, from sixth-form up.
Download or read book Roxana written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The novel examines the possibility of eighteenth-century women owning their own estate despite a patriarchal society, as with Roxana's celebrated claim that "the Marriage Contract is ... nothing but giving up Liberty, Estate, Authority, and everything, to the Man". The novel further draws attention to the incompatibility between sexual freedom and freedom from motherhood: Roxana becomes pregnant many times due to her sexual exploits, and it is one of her children, Susan, who come back to expose her, years later, near the novel's close, helping to precipitate her flight abroad, subsequent loss of wealth, and (ambiguous) repentance. The character of Roxana can be described as a proto-feminist because she carries out her actions of prostitution for her own ends of freedom but before a feminist ideology was fully formed, (though Defoe also works to undercut the radicalism of her position). The book also explores the clash of values between the Restoration court and the middle-class. Roxana also discusses the issues of truth and deceit. As the text is a first-person narration and written to simulate a real first-hand account of a woman, first comes the issue of subjectivity, but also the underlying lie as to the veracity of the text. The reader can only trust in Roxana to give us a true account of her story, but as she often lies to other characters in the book, and even to herself, she is not a reliable narrator. Furthermore, the whole construction of her character is made on lies and disguises. Her name, or names, are not mentioned until the end of the novel, so even the most basic aspect of her identity--her name--is a mystery for the majority of the novel. And the name that is most associated to her: Roxana, is based on a lie and on a disguise, namely the Turkish dress. Published anonymously, and not attributed to Defoe till 1775, Roxana was nonetheless a popular hit in the eighteenth century, frequently reprinted in altered versions to suit the taste of the day: thus the 1775 edition, which called itself The New Roxana, had been sentimentalised to meet the tastes of the day. Only gradually from the 19th century onwards did the novel begin to be treated as serious literature: Ethel Wilson has been one of the 20th century authors subsequently influenced by its matter-of-factness and freedom from cant. (wikipedia.org)
Download or read book The Fortunate Mistress Or a History of the Life written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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