Roxana

Name: Roxana
Author: Daniel Defoe

by Daniel Defoe

Novel of ambitious woman rising to wealth and power through cunning and seduction

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Daniel Defoe

Defoe is one of the founding fathers of the English novel, combining journalistic realism with compelling narrative in Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. His prose influenced virtually every subsequent novelist who valued authenticity of detail.

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