Roxana by Daniel Defoe

I truly am enjoying the 18th century literature they make our Soap Operas look like child’s play. But authors of that time wrote to make a point or teach the audience a lesson. It is very important as you read the story to keep in mind the history of that time.

Roxana sells her virtue for survival, then for fame and fortune. She tells her story as a mistress of rich and powerful men. She hates marriage for what it stood for during that time. She says “that a woman gave herself entirely away from herself in marriage, and capitulated only to be at best an upper servant…”