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Lady Roxana

Lady Roxana


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Publié en 1724, Lady Roxana ou l'Heureuse Catin (également appelé Lady Roxana ou l'Heureuse Maîtresse) est le dernier roman de Daniel Defoe, le deuxième dont le narrateur est une femme qui écrit l'histoire de sa vie. Deux années plus tôt, Moll Flanders racontait les aventures d'une orpheline qui refuse que sa condition sociale l'oblige à n'être qu'une servante alors qu'elle veut devenir une grande dame, ce qui la conduit, après le mensonge, la prostitution, le vol, la prison et la déportation, à la richesse et la respectabilité. Sa mise en cause de la société qui, par l'incurie de l'organisation politique, l'a poussée à la délinquance, est partagée par Roxana qui regrette elle aussi que les femmes aient si peu de latitude pour gérer leur vie. Abandonnée par son mari qui a dilapidé sa fortune et la laisse seule avec cinq enfants, elle n'a d'autre solution que de se séparer d'eux et de devenir la maîtresse d'un homme riche, puis d'un prince étranger. Grâce aux dons de ses amants, elle accumule une vaste fortune et revient en femme d'affaires, refusant tout mari, se conduisant comme nulle autre femme à son époque. Le pouvoir que confère l'argent l'enivre et plus rien ne la retient. Le roman est une réflexion sur les dangers d'une ambition effrénée et les conflits entre cette ambition et les lois civiles et morales. C'est aussi un manifeste féministe, car il exalte la liberté d'une femme jusqu'à la licence. Cependant, Defoe prend garde de tempérer cette tendance en faisant de son héroïne une criminelle: en un ultime désir de respectabilité, Roxana épouse un titre de noblesse et rencontre peu après sa fille qui a été témoin de ses frasques passées. Alors, afin de ne pas voir son nouveau statut réduit à néant, elle laisse sans vergogne ni remords son alter ego Amy la supprimer. Roxana, bien que longtemps négligé, est aujourd'hui apprécié pour sa complexité psychologique et morale, tout à fait nouvelle dans une production romanesque encore à ses débuts, et Virginia


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9791041926176
  • Publisher: Bod Third Party Titles
  • Publisher Imprint: Culturea
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 488
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 915 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1041926170
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jan 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Un roman historique de Daniel Defoe
  • Width: 189 mm


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