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Evelina, or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world / Frances Burney.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840, author.
Contributor:
Bloom, Edward A. (Edward Alan), 1914-1994, editor.
Jones, Vivien, 1952- writer of added commentary.
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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