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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