Evelina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781548237547)

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.

Author: Fanny Burney
ISBN-10: 154823754X
ISBN-13: 9781548237547
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2017
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.50d