Roxana

Daniel Defoe

Nov 2015 · Joe Books Ltd

About this ebook

When left penniless by her faithless husband, Roxana, in order to provide for herself and her five children, reluctantly becomes the mistress of her landlord, who has been abandoned by his wife. Despite the circumstances of their arrangement, the landlord proves to be a good and faithful man, providing Roxana with a regular income and bequeathing to her, upon his death, part of his fortune.

But when her lover is brutally murdered, Roxana is left to once again fend for herself, and uses her feminine charms to accumulate the wealth and security she so desperately craves.

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About the author

English author Daniel Defoe was at times a trader, political activist, criminal, spy and writer, and is considered to be one of England's first journalists. A prolific writer, Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names over the course of a career in which he produced more than five hundred written works. Defoe is best-known for his novels detailing the adventures of the castaway Robinson Crusoe, which helped establish and popularize the novel in eighteenth century England. In addition to Robinson Crusoe, Defoe penned other famous works including Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, Captain Jack, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Defoe died in 1731.