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Аннотация: Roxana. The Fortunate Mistress
| Автор/составитель | Дефо Даниель |
| Серия | Original |
| Год выпуска | 2018 |
| ISBN | 978-5-521-06814-2 |
| Производитель | Т8 |
| Издательство | Т8 |
| Количество томов | 1 |
| Количество страниц | 504 |
| Переплет | Мягкая обложка |
| Размеры | 210x148x29 мм |
| Тип бумаги | офсетная (60-220 г/м2) |
| Формат | 60x90/16 (145x215 мм) |
| Стандарт | 10 |
| Возрастная категория | 16+ |
| Вес | 646 |
| Область образования | английский язык |
| Предмет | английский язык |
| Тип материала | тексты, хрестоматия |
| Язык | английский |
A vivid satire on a dissolute society, Roxana is a devastating evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul. Beautiful and proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, the glamour of her new existence soon becomes too enticing and Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish society parties, luxurious clothes and amassed wealth. But this life comes at a cost, and she is fatally torn between the sinful prosperity she has become used to and the respectability she craves.
