Daniel Defoe's novel about a woman who overcomes poverty to become wealthy and successful is another of his universally popular tales of outcasts and outsiders. Abandoned by her husband, Roxana farms out her five children and supports herself by becoming the mistress of her wealthy landlord, then a ...
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Best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, Daniel Defoe was also an expert in maritime affairs. He put that expertise and his considerable literary talents into this book -- today the major source of information about piracy in the first quarter of the 18th century. Buccaneers ru ...
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