Roxana the Fortunate Mistress
Author: Daniel Defoe
I had so long habituated myself to a Life of Vice, that really it appear’d to be no Vice to me’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. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, the glamour of her new existence soon becom….Read More
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