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Evelina, or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world / Frances Burney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Evelina
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- London (England)--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Epistolary fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xliv, 455 pages).
- Edition:
- New edition / edited by Edward A. Bloom ; with an introduction and notes by Vivien Jones.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Richly comic yet gravely moral, this is the story of a young provincial girl's initiation into the ways of the world in 18th-century England. It is at once an attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in society, and a love story.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191920844
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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