Content deleted Content added
Randy Kryn (talk | contribs) extend boldface in first mention |
De la Marck (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
Line 17:
}}
'''''Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World''''' is a [[novel]] written by English author [[Fanny Burney]] and first published in 1778. Although published anonymously, its authorship was revealed by the poet [[George Huddesford]] in what Burney called a "vile poem
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.
| |||