Evelina
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 refuses to acknowledge her legitimacy, Evelina can hold no hope of happiness with the man she loves. Published anonymously in 1778, Frances Burney's epistolary novel brought her instant fame when the secr…
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Weitere Autoren: Doody, Margaret (Einf.) / Doody, Margaret (Anmerk.)
- ISBN: 978-0-14-043347-0
- EAN: 9780140433470
- Produktnummer: 9164447
- Verlag: Penguin Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 560 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.5 cm 387 g
- Gewicht: 387
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Frances Burney (1752-1840) spent her youth in the midst of the London society which included Dr Johnson, Edmund Burke, Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Blue Stocking Circle, as well as members of the aristocracy. She published Evelina anonymously in 1778 and the revelation of her authorship brought her immediate fame. In 1793 she married General d'Arblay, a French refugee in England. She and her husband were interned by Napoleon and lived in France from 1802 to 1812.Margaret Anne Doody is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.
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