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Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress / Frances Burney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Standardized Title:
- Cecilia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc--England--History--18th century--Fiction.
- Women.
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
- History.
- England--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- England.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlviii, 1004 pages).
- Edition:
- [New edition] / edited by Peter Sabor and Margaret Anne Doody ; with an introduction by Margaret Anne Doody.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will 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.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191921766
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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