The or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana Defoe, Daniel 1661?-1731 creator text utu 2009 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2)" by Daniel Defoe is a novel published in 1724. When Roxana's reckless husband abandons her penniless with five children, she faces an impossible choice between virtue and survival. Through cunning and compromise, she ascends from desperate poverty to extraordinary wealth, becoming mistress to increasingly powerful men across Europe. But as fortunes rise through morally ambiguous choices, the past refuses to stay buried, threatening the carefully constructed life she has built through scandal and secrecy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxana:_The_Fortunate_Mistress Release date is 2009-10-27 Produced by Meredith Bach, Jane Hyland, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Historical fiction Picaresque literature Mistresses -- Fiction Adventure stories Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction Women -- Great Britain -- Fiction Women -- Europe -- Fiction Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30344 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30344 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133707.0 30344