Project Gutenberg 2009-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 946 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana 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.) "The Fortunate Mistress" by Daniel Defoe is a historical novel written in the early 18th century. The story follows the life of the protagonist, Mademoiselle de Belau, known as the Lady Roxana, as she navigates the challenges of her life's fortunes in an era marked by societal constraints, particularly for women. Through her journey, she grapples with themes of independence, morality, and the consequences of her choices, which are often influenced by her desperate circumstances. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Roxana, a woman who reflects on her life since fleeing to England as a child with her family due to religious persecution in France. As she recounts her childhood and the unfortunate marriage to a foolish brewer that soon leads to her husband's mysterious disappearance, she finds herself struggling to survive with five children. Desperate and destitute, Roxana faces an arduous battle against the limitations of her gender and the societal norms of her time. The opening is marked by a deep sense of loss, survival, and a burgeoning understanding of the seductive yet perilous nature of her growing independence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/30344/30344-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en 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 Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 928287 928295 2024-09-13T04:58:25.550726 2023-09-13T09:55:41.690700 text/html text/html 937898 2021-01-05T19:36:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 803924 2021-01-05T19:36:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 863930 2024-09-13T04:58:35.890650 application/epub+zip 877115 2024-09-13T04:58:27.779736 application/epub+zip 401119 2024-09-13T04:58:26.539683 application/epub+zip 1187860 2024-09-13T04:58:42.022639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1129226 2024-09-13T04:58:34.747661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 680393 2022-09-14T05:48:49.068235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 872481 872255 2024-09-13T04:58:24.288737 2023-09-13T09:55:40.600691 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 872317 2021-01-05T19:36:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 311596 2021-01-05T19:36:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 872307 2021-01-05T19:36:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311518 2021-01-05T19:36:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23219 2024-09-13T04:58:42.161599 application/rdf+xml 15458 2024-09-13T04:58:26.908674 image/jpeg 3645 2024-09-13T04:58:26.726683 image/jpeg 854694 2024-09-13T04:58:25.652736 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Johnson, Charles en.wikipedia