Cecilia Beverley is a beautiful 20-year-old heroine, who says goodbye to her country home to go on a journey to London. She is an orphan heiress waiting to inherit large fortune as soon as she becomes of age. A stipulation in her uncle's will requires whomever she marries to take her surname, that is, become Mr. Beverley. She becomes very desirable and she must decide to whom she will give her much coveted hand. Frances Burney (1752-1840) was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. She is best known for her novels Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla and The Wanderer. Burney's novels...
Cecilia Beverley is a beautiful 20-year-old heroine, who says goodbye to her country home to go on a journey to London. She is an orphan heiress waiti...
Camilla - A Picture of Youth deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people: Camilla Tyrold and her sisters, the sweet tempered Lavinia and the deformed, but extremely kind, Eugenia, and their cousin, the beautiful Indiana Lynmere. Central theme is the love affair between Camilla herself and her eligible suitor, Edgar Mandlebert. They have many hardships, however, caused by misunderstandings and mistakes, in the path of true love. Frances Burney (1752-1840) was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. She is best known for her novels Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla and...
Camilla - A Picture of Youth deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people: Camilla Tyrold and her sisters, the sweet tempered Lavini...
The Wanderer is the historical tale with Gothic overtones set during the 1790s about a mysterious woman who attempts to support herself while hiding her identity. The novel focuses on the difficulties faced by women as they strive for economic and social independence. Frances Burney (1752-1840) was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. She is best known for her novels Evelina, Cecilia, Camilla and The Wanderer. Burney's novels explore the lives of English aristocrats, and satirize their social pretensions and personal foibles, with an eye to larger questions such as the...
The Wanderer is the historical tale with Gothic overtones set during the 1790s about a mysterious woman who attempts to support herself while hiding h...
"Evelina" von Frances Burney ist ein wegweisender Briefroman aus dem ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert, der Einblicke in das gesellschaftliche Leben Englands während der Aufklärung gibt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die junge, behütet aufgewachsene Evelina, deren Weg von der Unschuld zur Reife von gesellschaftlichen Umbrüchen, höfischer Etikette und moralischen Herausforderungen geprägt wird. Burneys scharfsinnige Beobachtungsgabe und ihr subtiler, oft ironischer Erzählstil betten die konfliktreichen Erlebnisse der Protagonistin in einen lebhaften sozialen Kontext ein und stellen Fragen nach...
"Evelina" von Frances Burney ist ein wegweisender Briefroman aus dem ausgehenden 18. Jahrhundert, der Einblicke in das gesellschaftliche Leben England...
