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blondierocket's review against another edition
3.0
After the renewals from the library, I finally managed to make it through this classic novel by Daniel Defore. Roxana, or the Fortunate Mistress is about a woman who takes on different names and turns to prostitution after her husband abandons her. There is no way to truly know her identity and over the years no on really knows who “Roxana” is and what she looks like.
Throughout her many relationships, Roxana bears many children, who never know who their real mother is. She moves from being rich to being poor many times, making it nearly impossible to settle down and have a normal life, and when she finally makes a friend and decides to change it’s hard to tell whether or not she really means it.
This is not the first time Defoe has created such a character and I imagine it was quite an interesting one to write at the time.
Throughout her many relationships, Roxana bears many children, who never know who their real mother is. She moves from being rich to being poor many times, making it nearly impossible to settle down and have a normal life, and when she finally makes a friend and decides to change it’s hard to tell whether or not she really means it.
This is not the first time Defoe has created such a character and I imagine it was quite an interesting one to write at the time.
lewreviews's review
2.0
"This book was written when?"
"1724."
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"Two stars."
Note: I appreciate this book as something to be studied, but boy oh boy, the language is just ughhhhhhhhhhhh
"1724."
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"Two stars."
Note: I appreciate this book as something to be studied, but boy oh boy, the language is just ughhhhhhhhhhhh
adele_em's review
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
loupmont's review
2.0
I can't say I enjoyed this book. The way it was written made it tedious and the lack of chapters made it even harder to finish.
juliaec's review against another edition
2.0
As I start to read Robinson Crusoe I just wanted to take a moment, 5 years on from reading, to acknowledge how bad this book is, and I can only hope Defoe does a better job on his earlier works <3
kinklekota's review against another edition
1.0
There is only one thing I want to say: FINALLY OVER!
smzhou's review
3.0
overall, unimpressed and felt unnecessarily long. also so much focus on the amount of money roxana had.
read this bc i saw somewhere that the manhwa “roxana: how to protect the female leads older brother” could have drawn some inspiration from this novel
read this bc i saw somewhere that the manhwa “roxana: how to protect the female leads older brother” could have drawn some inspiration from this novel
linaleigh's review against another edition
5.0
I can never resist a book about a strong woman doing what she pleases and spitting in the face of society. She's ruthless, generally heartless, vain, and obstinate. Doesn't get much more interesting than that! She's a great example of the unreliable narrator, and though sometimes the writing is difficult to wade through, it's totally worth the effort.