Evelina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781604445237)

Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a novel written by English author Frances Burney and first published in 1778. Evelina, the title character, is the unacknowledged but legitimate daughter of a dissipated English aristocrat. Her dubious birth has seen her raised in rural seclusion until her seventeenth year. Through a series of humorous events that take place in London and the resort town of Hotwells, near Bristol, Evelina learns how 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 later works by Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth, whose novels explore many of the same issues. (wikipedia.org)

Author: Frances Burney
ISBN-10: 1604445238
ISBN-13: 9781604445237
Publisher: Indoeuropeanpublishing.com
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2011
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d