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Evelina, or, A young lady's entrance into the world : a novel, in two volumes / by the author of Cecila, Camilla, and the wanderer.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PR3316.A4 E8 1815 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840.
- Standardized Title:
- Evelina
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- England--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- Young women--England--Fiction.
- Socialites--England--Fiction.
- Debutantes--England--Fiction.
- Satire.
- Debutantes.
- Manners and customs.
- Socialites.
- Young women.
- England.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Manning, Charles Upwood, 1857-1930 (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 18 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition.
- Manufacture:
- London : Printed by S. Wright, 4, Gracechurch Street.
- Other Title:
- Young lady's entrance into the world
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for A.K. Newman & Co., Leadenhall Street, 1815.
- Notes:
- Originally published 1778.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Nelson Rare Books.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Julia B. Leisenring Book Fund.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: each volume has illustrated armorial bookplate ("REV. CHARLES UPWOOD MANNING, B.A. 1884") of Charles Upwood Manning (1857-1930) on front pastedown.
- Cited in:
- Grau, J.A. Burney, I.A-25 (variant)
- OCLC:
- 228022191
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