1982, ISBN: 9780140431490

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books Ltd], The final work of Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe Roxana (1724) was Defoe's last novel. It is a fascinating work, simultaneously strang… Plus…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books Ltd], The final work of Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe Roxana (1724) was Defoe's last novel. It is a fascinating work, simultaneously strange and tragic, which dramatizes the moral deterioration and degradation of its complex heroine. Mlle Beleau, or Roxana as she becomes known, enters upon a career as a courtesan. She passes from one protector to another in England, France and Holland and amasses much wealth. But she is fatally torn between the dull virtue of middle-class respectability and the evil attractions of the beckoning city lights.The only one of Defoe's novels that does not end with the triumph of its protagonist, Roxana is nevertheless a triumphant work of art. It is of enormous historical and social interest, highlighting as it does the complex relationship that existed in Defoe's time between public respectability and private corruption.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 416, [GW: 272g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

ISBN: 9780140431490

Paperback / softback. New. Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her foolish husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous … Plus…

Paperback / softback. New. Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her foolish husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. A vivid satire on a dissolute society, this book presents a psychologically acute evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul., 6<