From the Bookshelf of Reading 1001…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
My last of the Defoe books on the 1001 books list!
So, this book is nearly 300 years old. And it feels like it. The language is dated and took some getting used to. The scandals wouldn't be so scandalous (not that I would want to be friends with "Roxana") today. And today, Roxana would not have to struggle to avoid marriage to keep control of her wealth. Of course, today it is a lot harder to lose someone (or to be lost yourself), so many of Roxana's problems would never have happened n the first ...more
So, this book is nearly 300 years old. And it feels like it. The language is dated and took some getting used to. The scandals wouldn't be so scandalous (not that I would want to be friends with "Roxana") today. And today, Roxana would not have to struggle to avoid marriage to keep control of her wealth. Of course, today it is a lot harder to lose someone (or to be lost yourself), so many of Roxana's problems would never have happened n the first ...more
I can't believe the print edition of this is only 200+ pages. I had the ebook and it felt like at least 500 pages. Of course, there were no creative writing classes in the 1720s. The first half is fine, and there's a lot of interesting stuff about the position of women in society at the time, as well as a surprising amount of travel and commerce between England, France and the Netherlands. But the second half dragged and became a chore.
...more
First half is good, but it should have ended there. Narrative slowly becomes less and less believable.
Jan 14, 2015
Sara
marked it as to-read
Jan 30, 2015
Amanda Dawn
rated it
it was amazing
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
1001-books-challenge
Jan 25, 2016
Sorobai
marked it as to-read
Jul 21, 2016
Anna Fennell
marked it as to-read
Apr 20, 2017
Bryan--The Bee’s Knees
marked it as boxall-and-guardian-list
Jan 07, 2021
Kayla Tocco
marked it as to-read
Aug 07, 2021
Tim Hickman
marked it as to-read
Dec 05, 2023
Emrys
rated it
liked it
Shelves:
fiction,
literature-rated,
zz-fully-tagged-2023,
n1k,
1001-boxall,
fiction-historical-fiction,
7
