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Evelina
Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
by Fanny Burney ; Margaret Anne Doody
ISBN: 0140433473
ISBN-13: 9780140433470
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Fanny Burney's lighthearted first novel, completed after nine years of secret labor, was published anonymously in January 1778. Before the end of that year, it had gone through four editions-a huge popular success. In Burney's own words, it is the story, written in letters, of a young woman "of obscure birth, but conspicuous beauty," who "makes, at the age of seventeen, her first appearance upon the great and busy stage of life; with a virtuous mind, a cultivated understanding, and a feeling heart, her ignorance of the forms, and inexperience in the manners of the world, occasion all the little incidents which these volumes record." As a chronicle of life in 18th-century England, EVELINA is incomparable, Burney's heroine is a lovable (and unerringly perfect!) young woman, and the entire novel is leavened by its author's sharp satirical eye.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 1994
Size: 5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 505
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Evelina: or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (Penguin Classics)
Frances Burney, Margaret Anne Doody
[ Edition: Reprint ]. Good Condition. Publisher: Penguin Classics Pub Date: 11/1/1994 Binding: Paperback Pages: 560 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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Evelina: or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World (Penguin Classics)
Frances Burney, Margaret Anne Doody
[ Edition: Reprint ]. Good Condition. Publisher: Penguin Classics Pub Date: 11/1/1994 Binding: Paperback Pages: 560 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] ( more information) Offered by BookHolders (United States)
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Evelina: Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
Burney, Fanny; Burney, Frances; Doody, Margaret Anne
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin USA, 1994 Light shelf wear to corners, light scratches on front and back covers. . Trade Paperback. Good+. ( more information) Offered by Balthazar Books (Canada)
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Evelina
Burney, Frances; Doody, Margaret Anne (Edited by)
Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; Penguin Classics, 2004 xlvi, 510 pp., biblio.; 20 cm. First published, 1778. AS NEW. "Leaving the secluded home of her guardian for the first time, beautiful Evelina Anville is captivated by her new surroundings in London's beau monde--and in particular by the handsome, chivalrous Lord Orville. But her enjoyment soon turns to mortification at the hands of her vulgar and capricious grandmother, and the rakish Sir Clement Willoughby, who torments the naive young woman with his unwanted advances. And while her aristocratic father refuses to acknowledge her legitimacy, Evelina can hold no hope of happiness with the man she loves. Published anonymously in 1778, Frances Burney's epistolary novel brought her instant fame when the secret of its authorship was revealed. With its ingenious combination of romance and satire, comedy and melodrama, Evelina is a sparkling depiction of the dangers and delights of fashionable society. / Frances Burney (1752-1840), the daughter of Dr. Burney, spent her youth in the midst of the London society which included Dr. Johnson, Edmund Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, the Blue Stocking Circle and many members of the aristocracy. When she published her first novel, Evelina, anonymously in 1778, the revelation of its authorship brought her immediate fame. In 1786 she was appointed second keeper of the robes to Queen Charlotte and in 1793 married General d'Arblay, a French refugee in England. She and her husband were interned by Napoleon and lived in France from 1802 to 1812. Her other major novels are Cecilia (1782) and Camilla (1796). Like Evelina, they take as their theme the entry into the world of a young girl of beauty and understanding but no experience, and expose her to circumstances and events that develop her character. Her novels were admired by Jane Austen. She also wrote The Wanderer, published in 1814, but it was not a success. In 1832 she edited the Memoirs of her father. She was also a prodigious writer of lively letters and journals; her Early Diary, 1768-1778 includes sketches of Johnson, Garrick and many others, and her later Diary and Letters, 1778-1840 gives a vivid account of her life at court." - Publisher.. 13th printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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BURNEY, FRANCES
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, 2004. NEW ED. Brand new. Written in secret and copied for her publisher in disguised handwriting, Frances Burney's first novel appeared anonymously in 1778. Subtitled "The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World", it records in letters its heroine's encounters with an e ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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Betsy Bell. Brand new. Written in secret and copied for her publisher in disguised handwriting, Frances Burney's first novel appeared anonymously in 1778. Subtitled "The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World", it records in letters its heroine's encounters with an education at the hands of London society. ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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BURNEY FRANCES. Brand new. Written in secret and copied for her publisher in disguised handwriting, Frances Burney's first novel appeared anonymously in 1778. Subtitled "The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World", it records in letters its heroine's encounters with an education at the hands of London society. ( more information) Offered by Thunder Books (United States)
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