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Excerpt from Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress, Vol. 3 of 3 The good Mrs Charlton tried in vain to console her, a sudden horror against herself had now seized her spirits, which, exhausted by long struggles, could rally no more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses s...

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The novelist Fanny Burney's embellished version of the memoirs of her father, the music historian Charles Burney (1726 1814).

The novelist Fanny Burney's embellished version of the memoirs of her father, the music historian Charles Burney (1726 1814).

The novelist Fanny Burney's embellished version of the memoirs of her father, the music historian Charles Burney (1726 1814).

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Fanny Burney's Evelina was written in secret and published anonymously in 1778. The story of a young woman entering a society that is seemingly designed to threaten her success, Evelina is an example of the epistolary genre popular in the 18th Century.

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 to mortification at the hands of her vulgar and capricious grandmother, and the rakish Sir Clement Willoughby, who torments the naive young woman with his unwanted advances. And while her aristocratic father r...