| Evelina Contributor(s): Burney, Fanny (Author) |
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ISBN: 1547001380 ISBN-13: 9781547001385 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.01 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a novel written by English author Fanny Burney and first published in 1778. In this 3-volume epistolary novel, title character Evelina is the unacknowledged, but legitimate daughter of a dissipated English aristocrat, thus raised in rural seclusion until her 17th year. Through a series of humorous events that take place in London and the resort town of Hotwells, near Bristol, Evelina learns to navigate the complex layers of 18th-century society and earn the love of a distinguished nobleman. This sentimental novel, which has notions of sensibility and early romanticism, satirizes the society in which it is set and is a significant precursor to the work of Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth, whose novels explore many of the same issues. |
