![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, Amy plots to force the five children at the house of the sister of Roxana's fled husband, which she does. Another poor old woman whom Roxana had aided during her former prosperity adds her efforts to those of the old aunt and Amy. Amy, Roxana's maid, refuses to leave her mistress although she receives no wages for her work. ![]() She appeals for aid to her husband's relatives, all of whom refuse her except one old aunt, who is in no position to help her materially. After eight years of marriage, during which time her husband went through all of their money, Roxana is left penniless with five children. At the age of fifteen, she married a handsome but conceited man. Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (full title: The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II) is a 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe.īorn in France, from which her parents fled because of religious persecution, Roxana grew to adolescence in England. ![]()
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