A01=Frances Burney
adrian mole
all quiet on the western front
angela carter
anna karenina
atlas shrugged
Author_Frances Burney
catch 22
catcher in the rye
Category=FBC
edgar allan poe
eq_bestseller
eq_classics
eq_fiction
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
far from the madding crowd
fear and loathing in las vegas
fight club
gone with the wind
great expectations
gullivers travels
jonathan coe
madame bovary
mills and boon
napoleon hill
novels
oliver twist
orange is the new black
oscar wilde
paradise lost
pippi longstocking
play
slaughterhouse 5
sylvia plath
tao te ching
the bell jar
the handmaids tale
the revenant
thomas hardy
war horse
wuthering heights
Product details
- ISBN 9780140433470
- Weight: 383g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 1994
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
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 naïve 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) spent her youth in the midst of the London society which included Dr Johnson, Edmund Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Blue Stocking Circle, as well as members of the aristocracy. She published Evelina anonymously in 1778 and the revelation of her authorship brought her immediate fame. In 1793 she 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.
Margaret Anne Doody is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.
