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Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World — Fanny Burney

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

Fanny Burney

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 454 pages

Evelina, or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is an epistolary novel by Fanny Burney. It follows a young woman's introduction to fashionable London society and the manners, expectations, and social codes she encounters. It is worth listening to for its lively satire and careful observation of eighteenth-century life.

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Contents

  1. EVELINA
  2. or
  3. THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY’S ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD
  4. ORIGINAL INSCRIPTION: TO DR. BURNEY
  5. ORIGINAL PREFACE.
  6. LETTER I - LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, Kent.
  7. LETTER II - MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD Berry Hill, Dorsetshire.
  8. LETTER III [Written some months after the last]
  9. LETTER IV - MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD Berry Hill, March 12.
  10. LETTER V - MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD March 18. Dear Madam,
  11. LETTER VI - LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove.
  12. LETTER VII - LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, March 26.
  13. LETTER VIII - EVELINA TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, March 26.
  14. LETTER IX - MR. VILLARS TO EVELINA Berry Hill, March 28.
  15. LETTER X - EVELINA TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Queen Ann Street, London, Saturday,
  16. LETTER XI - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Queen Ann Street, April 5, Tuesday Morning.
  17. LETTER XII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Tuesday, April 5.
  18. LETTER XIII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Tuesday, April 12. My dear Sir,
  19. LETTER XIV - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION. Queen Ann Street, April 13.
  20. LETTER XV - MR. VILLARS TO EVELINA Berry Hill, April 16.
  21. LETTER XVI - EVELINA TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Queen Ann Street, Thursday morning,
  22. LETTER XVII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Friday Morning, April 15.
  23. LETTER XVIII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION
  24. LETTER XIX - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Saturday Morning, April 16.
  25. LETTER XX - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION
  26. LETTER XXI - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION
  27. LETTER XXII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Monday Morning, April 18.
  28. LETTER XXIII - EVELINA IN CONTINUATION Queen Ann Street, Tuesday, April 19.
  29. LETTER XXIV - MR VILLARS TO EVELINA Berry Hill, April 22.
  30. LETTER XXV - EVELINA TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, April 25.

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