Name: Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (in English)
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Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9781722674762

portada Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

English

Pages

174

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

28.0 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.42 kg.

ISBN13

9781722674762

Synopsis "Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (in English)"

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau afterwards call'd The Countess de Wintselsheim, in GERMANY. Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II by Daniel Defoe 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. Amy, Roxana's maid, refuses to leave her mistress although she receives no wages for her work. Another poor old woman whom Roxana had aided during her former prosperity adds her efforts to those of the old aunt and Amy. These good people manage to extract money from the relatives of the children's father, and all five of the little ones are given over to the care of the poor old woman.

Daniel Defoe

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Daniel Defoe (Londres, 1660-1731) fue novelista, periodista, poeta e historiador; su vida transcurrió por oscuros vericuetos: viajes, empleos diversos, amistades políticas y misiones secretas. En su obra cultivó distintos géneros, como la sátira: El verdadero inglés de Inglaterra (1701), El medio más rápido para acabar con los disidentes (1702) y Augusta Triumphants o Cómo hacer de Londres la ciudad más floreciente del mundo (1728); la novela realista: La aventuras de Moll Flanders (1722), Diario del año de la peste (1722) y Roxana o la amante afortunada(1724), y el ensayo económico-político: Consideraciones sobre el crédito público (1724), El perfecto comerciante inglés (1726) y Plan del comercio inglés (1728). Con todo, su obra más conocida es sin duda Robinson Crusoe (1719).

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