BRAM STOKER WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY OSCAR WILDE APHRA BEHN JOHN BUNYAN SIR PHILIP SIDNEY IZAAK WALTON THOMAS AQUINAS GEORGE BERKELEY EDMUND BURKE THOMAS CARLYLE CONFUCIUS FRIEDRICH ENGELS Dracula Barry Lyndon Vanity Fair Complete ...
The new introduction and full notes to this edition make this richness all the more readily available to a modern reader.
"This edition reprints the text of Burney's classic novel together with a broad selection of documents on life in eighteenth-century England that have been carefully chosen to put the work in historical and cultural context.
CAN any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind, than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence?
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.
Evelina
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Reproduction of the original: Evelina by Fanny Burney
Evelina is exposed to London society for the first time at the age of seventeen where, though her inexperience in society causes problems, she catches the eye of the nobleman Lord Orville.
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.
Its appendices include contemporary reviews of Evelina as well as eighteenth-century works on the family and on comedy. The reputation of Frances Burney (1752-1840) was largely established with her first novel, Evelina.
Ein fulminanter Briefroman über Klassenunterschiede und die Schwierigkeiten, sich als Frau zu behaupten: Die 17-jährige Evelina ist im Haushalt eines englischen Landpfarrers aufgewachsen.
A work by turns hilarious and grim, Evelina tells the story of a young woman’s education in the ways of the world, vividly rendering life in eighteenth-century England.
Its appendices include contemporary reviews of Evelina as well as eighteenth-century works on the family and on comedy. The reputation of Frances Burney (1752-1840) was largely established with her first novel, Evelina.
Reproduction of the original: Evelina by Fanny Burney
Originally published in 1778, Evelina maintains its refreshing outlook on contemporary life. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Evelina is both modern and readable.
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. This edition includes illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
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