Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress
Author: first_name: Fanny
last_name: Burney
Language: English
Year: 1782

The plot of <i>Cecilia</i> revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.<br /><br />Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or mome