"Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress" is a 1724 novel by Daniel Defoe. It is the autobiography of a woman who gives up her virtue for survival initially, then for fame and fortune later. It has been called a post-feminist work, examining the contemporary patriarchal society through the enterprising and independent character of Roxana before a feminist ideology had been fully formed. Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731), was an English trader, journalist, writer, pamphleteer, and spy best known for his novel "Robinson Crusoe". He was a prolific writer, producing over five hundred books, journals, and...