Evelina, Or, The history of a young lady's entrance into the world (1778)
By: Frances Burney ; introduction by Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace ; notes and selected bibliography by Audrey Bilger.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Series: The Modern Library classics
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Young women -- Fiction.; Socialites -- Fiction.; Debutantes -- Fiction.; London (England) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Evelina; History of a young lady's entrance into the world (1778)
Description: "A work by turns hilarious and grim, Evelina tells the story of a young woman's education in the ways of the world, vividly rendering life in eighteenth-century England. Raised by a pastor after her mother died and her father abandoned her, Evelina leaves the seclusion of the country for her first season out, encounters all manner of people - from prospective husbands to rakes to vulgar relatives - and endures all manner of trials before she achieves her final triumph."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-454).