Frances 'Fanny' Burney (1752-1840) was one of the leading cultural figures of eighteenth-century London. Her enormously successful novel Evelina, written in her mid-twenties, creates a magical picture of the particularly clever, vigorous...

Reproduction of the original: The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay by Frances Burney von Burney, Frances

Der Debütroman von Jane Austens großem Idol:Von ihrem leiblichen Vater Sir John Belmont abgelehnt und verstoßen, wächst die junge Evelina zurückgezogen in der Obhut eines Landpfarrers im beschaulichen Dorsetshire auf, bis ihr schließlich...

Evelina von Burney, Frances

Reproduction of the original: Cecilia by Frances Burney von Burney, Frances

A story of initiation into the ways of the world for a young, provincial girl, Evelina is both richly comic and gravely moral. It is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of...

Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her surname. Fanny Burney's unusual love story and deft social satire was much admired on its first publication in 1782 for its subtle...

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...