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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9, 500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence an...

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Ein fulminanter Briefroman über Klassenunterschiede und die Schwierigkeiten, sich als Frau zu behaupten: Die 17-jährige Evelina ist im Haushalt eines englischen Landpfarrers aufgewachsen. Ihr adliger Vater weigert sich, sie anzuerkennen, und ihre verstorbene Mutter stammte aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Als die hübsche, aber naive Evelina von einer befreundeten Familie in die feine Gesellschaft Londons eingeführt wird, machen sich aufdringliche ...

After years of estrangement, the Tyrold brothers become close once more when Augustus moves to an estate near the rural parsonage where Sir Hugh lives. Lonely and crippled, Sir Hugh hopes to rekindle their relationship by offering mentorship to his brother’s children, a well-meaning endeavor with decidedly mixed results. Camilla, Or, A Picture of Youth is a novel by Frances Burney.

Though she is an orphan, Cecilia Beverly is an heiress to a small fortune, which she may keep under the stipulation from her uncle that when Cecilia marries, she will keep her Beverly name, asking her future husband to adopt it as well. After she leaves for London to stay with her guardians, she realizes that each of the three families left to care for her are greedy and vain people. Before arriving to the first pair of guardians, the Harrels,...

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This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

After years of estrangement, the Tyrold brothers become close once more when Augustus moves to an estate near the rural parsonage where Sir Hugh lives. Lonely and crippled, Sir Hugh hopes to rekindle their relationship by offering mentorship to his brother’s children, a well-meaning endeavor with decidedly mixed results. Camilla, Or, A Picture of Youth is a novel by Frances Burney.

Wealthy and beautiful, Cecilia is sick of the attention of superficial men, but when she meets a mystery man at a masquerade, Cecilia falls in love for the first time. Frances Burney’s Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress is a classic romance following an orphaned girl as she struggles to navigate London high society and find a man worthy of her heart.

Rejected by her father, a young woman seeks acceptance in a society fueled by tradition, gender and class. Evelina or the History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World is the debut novel from English writer Frances Burney. It’s a rich satire that highlights eighteenth-century politics and behaviors.

After fleeing French revolutionaries, a mysterious woman attempts to build a new life in England. The Wanderer or Female Difficulties, by Frances Burney, is set in the 1790s and explores the social and economic limitations of poor émigrés. Published in 1814, it’s a classic example of Gothic and historical romance.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

After fleeing French revolutionaries, a mysterious woman attempts to build a new life in England. The Wanderer or Female Difficulties, by Frances Burney, is set in the 1790s and explores the social and economic limitations of poor émigrés. Published in 1814, it’s a classic example of Gothic and historical romance.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

In Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, the title character leaves her isolated country home for vibrant London society. As she stumbles through the city, she encounters many people including the handsome, Lord Orville. Evelina is a young woman who's spent her entire childhood in seclusion. Although the legitimate daughter of Sir John Belmont, she was raised in the country with Reverend Villars. When Evelina is off...

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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 der erste Ausflug in die glamouröse Welt Londons bevorsteht. Während ihr dort lästige Bewerber und eine mehr als unvorteilhafte Verwandtschaft das Leben gehörig schwer machen, lassen sie ihre Unerfahrenheit un...