num_pages: 388
description: A novel that explores the causes and consequences of a power, disguise, subterfuge and performance, Evelina traces a young woman's growth into womanhood. Fanny Burney's Evelina was written in secret and published anonymously in 1778. The story of a young woman entering a society that is seemingly designed to threaten her success, Evelina is an example of the epistolary genre popular in the 18th Century.
language: English
title: Evelina
titlecomplete: Evelina
characters: Captain Mirvan, Mr. Macartney, Evelina Anville, M. Dubois, Sir Clement Willoughby, Mr. Lovel, Lord Orville, Maria Mirvan, Mrs. Mirvan, Rev. Villars, Madam Duval
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Romance, 18th Century, Classics, Literature, Novels, Adult, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 16981
places: Bristol, England, Bath, Somerset, England, Somerset, England, London, England
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company