The Fortunate Mistress (Roxana) (Paperback)

Daniel Defoe

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Editorial: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2024

0198851022 / 9780198851028

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Paperback. 'I liv'd indeed like a Queen; or if you will have me confess, that my Condition had still the Reproach of a Whore, I may say, I was sure, the Queen of Whores.'Left destitute by her husband, the heroine of Defoe's final novel has to choose between her virtue and her life. Choosing survival, she makes her way as a kept woman and courtesan. The Fortunate Mistress (1724), also known under the title Roxana, tellsthe story of how she climbs society's ladder by dint of her own enterprise, shedding and gaining multiple identities as she moves through the worlds of business and finance, and across the trade capitals of Europe. Amassing a fortune,her taste for men and luxuries veers increasingly to the aristocratic and exotic, culminating when she dances before the King at a masquerade dressed in the garb of a Turkish Sultana--at which point she is granted the name by which she is known to history, Roxana. Despite her rise, Roxana's past never recedes from view, and her choices eventally begin to weigh on her, prompting an excruciating self-reckoning that is only compounded as the children she has abandoned return, threatening to exposethis past to public view. Defoe resists easy solutions in a sprawling and complex novel which shows an unprecedented degree of psychological realism: readers experience the interplay of circumstance,need, desire, religion, and social convention that can allow the development of a moral sense, or conspire to suppress it.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes toclarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. This new edition of Daniel Defoe's final novel, under Defoe's original title The Fortunate Mistress, provides an up-to-date introduction and extensive footnotes. Defoe's narrative provides vivid commentary on economics, sexuality, social class, the family, religion, sex work, and marriage. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Título
The Fortunate Mistress (Roxana) (Paperback)
Autor
Daniel Defoe
Editorial
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Año de publicación
2024
Estado
new
Encuadernación
Paperback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0198851022
ISBN 13
9780198851028
Edición
3ª Edición

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