num_pages: 992
description: First published in 1796, Camilla deals with the matrimonial concerns of a group of young people - Camilla Tyrold and her sisters, the daughters of a country parson, and their cousin Indiana Lynmere-and, in particular, with the love affair between Camilla herself and her eligible suitor, Edgar Mandlebert. The path of true love, however, is strewn with intrigue, contretemps and misunderstanding.An enormously popular eighteenth-century novel, Camilla is touched at many points by the advancing spirit of romanticism. As in Evelina, Fanny Burney weaves into her novel strands of light and dark, comic episodes and gothic shudders, and creates a pattern of social and moral dilemmas which emphasize and illuminate the gap between generations.
language: English
title: Camilla
titlecomplete: Camilla
characters: Indiana Lynmere, Camilla Tyrold, Edgar Mandlebert
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, 18th Century, English Literature, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2757
places: England
publisher: Oxford University Press