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Title: 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
Author: Daniel Defoe
Release Date: October 27, 2009 [EBook #30344]
Language: English
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ROXANA
[Illustration: _I was rich, beautiful, and agreeable, and not yet old_
PAGE 244]
The Cripplegate Edition
THE WORKS OF DANIEL DEFOE
THE FORTUNATE MISTRESS
OR A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF MADEMOISELLE DE BELEAU
KNOWN BY THE NAME OF THE LADY ROXANA
NEW YORK . . _MCMVIII_
GEORGE D. SPROUL
_Copyright, 1904, by_ THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
UNIVERSITY PRESS . JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ROXANA _Frontispiece_
THE BREWER AND HIS MEN _Page_ 12
THE JEWELLER IS ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR VERSAILLES 74
THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE 90
THE DUTCH MERCHANT CALLS ON ROXANA. 286
THE AMOUR DRAWS TO AN END 302
ROXANA'S DAUGHTER AND THE QUAKER 479
ROXANA IS CONFRONTED WITH HER DAUGHTER 534
INTRODUCTION
In March, 1724, was published the narrative in which Defoe came, perhaps
even nearer than in _Moll Flanders_, to writing what we to-day call a
novel, namely: _The Fortunate Mistress; or, a History of the Life and
Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de' Belau; afterwards called
the Countess of Wintelsheim, in Germany. Being the Person known by the
name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II_. No second
edition appeared till after Defoe's death, which occurred in 1731. Then
for some years, various editions of _The F
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