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

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

Author: 
Frances Burney; Edward A. Bloom
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Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people!'

Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions - as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville. Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story. The new introduction and full notes to this edition help make this richness all the more readily available to a modern reader.

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.

About the author: 

Vivien Jones, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Leeds, and Edward A. Bloom, Deceased, formerly Professor of English, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Product details

ISBN : 9780199536931

Author: 
Frances Burney; Edward A. Bloom
Pages
512 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
126 x 195 mm
Pub date
Aug 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Evelina: Or The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

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

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