Fanny Burney

Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her surname. Fanny Burney's unusual love story and deft social satire was much admired on its first publication in 1782 for its subtle interweaving of comedy, humanity, and social analysis.Controversial in its time, this eighteenth-century novel seems entirely fresh in relation to late twentieth-century concerns.

Cecilia, Or, Memoirs of an Heiress

Textual notes and critical analysis accompany this edition of the eighteenth-century novel depicting the social and moral dilemmas of the young

Picture of Youth

Camilla

Frances Burney

An unusual love story and deft social satire, much admired on its first publication in 1782.

Or Memoirs of an Heiress

Cecilia

The Wanderer or Female Difficulties is the tale of a penniless emigree from Revolutionary France trying to earn her living in England while guarding her own secrets. Combining the best elements of the Gothic and historical novels, this newly appreciated work is an extraordinary piece ofRomantic fiction. Burney's tough comedy offers a satiric view of complacent middle-class insularity that echoes Godwin and Wollstonecraft's attacks on the English social structure. The problems of the new feminism and of the old anti-feminism are explored in the relationship between the heroine andher English patroness and rival, the Wollstonecraftian Elinor Joddrel, and the racism inherent within both the French and British empires is exposed when the emigree disguises herself as a black woman.This edition is fully annotated with appendices on the French Revolution, race relations, amusements, and geography and a previously unpublished manuscript revealing the connection between The Wanderer and Camilla.

The Wanderer, Or, Female Difficulties

authoritative text, contexts and contemporary reactions, criticism

Evelina, or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world

Lillian D. Bloom

Edward A. Bloom

First published in 1796, Camilla deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people-Camilla Tyrold and her sisters, the daughters of a country parson, and their cousin Indiana Lynmere-and, in particular, with the love affair between Camilla herself and her eligible suitor, Edgar Mandlebert. The path of true love, however, is strewn with intrigue, contretemps and misunderstanding. An enormously popular eighteenth-century novel, Camilla is touched at many points by the advancing spirit of romanticism. As in Evelina, Fanny Burney weaves into her novel strands of light and dark, comic episodes and gothic shudders, and creates a pattern of social and moral dilemmas which emphasize and illuminate the gap between generations. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Evelina (fict.name.)

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Evelina, Or, A Young Lady's Entrance Into The World [by F. Burney].; Evelina, Or, A Young Lady's Entrance Into The World [by F. Burney]; Fanny Burney 2 Fanny Burney, Evelina (fict.name.)

Evelina, Or, a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World [by F. Burney]. - Primary Source Edition

Audrey Bilger

Traces the adventures of country-born Evelina as she tries to make it in London, pursued by cads, used by boorish relatives, and finally, redeemed by the noble Lord Orville.

Evelina, Or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World

Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until the end of her eventful life. From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d’Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars, she captured the changing times around her, creating brilliantly comic and candid portraits of those she encountered - including the ‘mad’ King George, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick and a charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. She also describes, in her most moving piece, undergoing a mastectomy at fifty-nine without anaesthetic. Whether a carefree young girl or a mature woman, Fanny Burney’s forthright, intimate and wickedly perceptive voice brings her world powerfully to life.

Journals and Letters

A Busy Day is a love story. It is also a witty and well-observed satire on class and greed, from the most popular female writer of her time. The scene is London in the summer of 1800. In the course of just one busy day we are thrust into a world of frustrated love, mistaken identity, social snobbery, and downright vulgar bad manners.

A Busy Day

The Diary and Letters of Madam D'Arblay (Frances Burney)

Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay (1778-1840): 1778-June 1781.- v.2. June 1781-August 1786.- v.3. August 1786-June 1788.- v.4. July 1788-July 1791- v.5. July 1791-April 1802.- v.6. April 1802 -January 1840

Fanny Burney

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