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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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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)
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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)
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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)
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