Title: Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress
First published: 1782
Description: Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her surname. Fanny Burney's unusual love story and deft social satire was much admired on its first publication in 1782 for its subtle interweaving of comedy, humanity, and social analysis.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction, Inheritance and succession, Young women, English literature, England, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Young women, fiction, Fiction, general, Long Now Manual for Civilization
Places: England
Time periods: 18th century