Evelina Or The History Of A Young Lady's Entrance Into The World - Couverture souple

Burney, Frances

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144042263X ISBN 13 : 9781440422638

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Burney Frances

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this novel, Evelina, the title character, is the unacknowledged daughter of a dissipated English aristocrat. Her dubious birth has seen her raised in rural seclusion until her eighteenth year. Through a series of humorous events that take place in London and the resort town of Bristol-Hotwells, Evelina learns how to navigate the complex layers of 18th century society and earn the love of a distinguished nobleman. This sentimental novel of manners often 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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 and leisured society at whose heart she stood. First publishing anonymously, her own father did not know that she was the writer of Evelina until its successful reception encouraged her to reveal her secret. One of the great letter-writers and conversationalists of the period, Burney was also the author of the novels Cecilia and Camilla, and was a major influence on Jane Austen.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 144042263X
• ISBN 13: 9781440422638
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256