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Evelina: or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
Contributor(s): Burney, Fanny (Author)
ISBN: 238274135X     ISBN-13: 9782382741351
Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques
OUR PRICE:   $18.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Love & Romance
- History | Europe - Great Britain - Victorian Era (1837-1901)
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.32 lbs) 104 pages
 
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  • 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. Although published anonymously, its authorship was revealed by the poet George Huddesford in what Burney called a "vile poem".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 come under the eye of a distinguished nobleman with whom a romantic relationship is formed in the latter part of the novel.
  • 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.