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...
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...
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About Cecilia by Frances Burney and Fanny Burney Cecilia, subtitled Memoirs of an Heiress, is the second novel by English author Frances Burney. The novel, about the...
Cecilia, subtitled Memoirs of an Heiress, is the second novel by English author Frances Burney, set in 1779 and published in 1782. The novel, about the trials and tribulations of a young upper class woman who must negotiate London society for the first time and who falls in love...
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...
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About Cecilia by Frances Burney and Fanny Burney Cecilia, subtitled Memoirs of an Heiress, is the second novel by English author Frances Burney...
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Cecilia is Fanny Burney's captivating novel of manners, exploring the social complexities of eighteenth-century England as Cecilia Beverly navigates London's high society in search of love and happiness. Young Cecilia is a beautiful and charming...
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Though she is an orphan, Cecilia Beverly is an heiress to a small fortune, which she may keep under the stipulation from her uncle that when Cecilia marries, she will keep her Beverly name, asking her future husband to adopt it as well. After she leaves for London to stay...
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress (1782) is an unusual and disturbing love-story. In playing on the issue of the heroine's name, the novel illustrates the high cost of a patriarchal system. Burney exhibits her comic and satiric powers in depicting Cecilia's dismaying entry into...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely...
"C cilia" de Fanny Burney. N e Frances Burney, apr s son mariage aussi connue comme Madame d'Arblay, femme de lettres et romanci re anglaise (1752-1840).
L'histoire de ce roman tourne autour de l'h ro ne, Cecilia Beverley, orpheline, qui vient d'entrer dans sa vingt-et-uni me ann e lorsque commence le roman. Ses anc tres ont t de riches fermiers du comt de Suffolk. L'h ritage que lui l gue son oncle est accompagn d'une clause...
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