Collection
Genres
Status
Available
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: Evelina is the daughter of an English aristocrat, but is brought up in the country until her seventeenth birthday, because she is of dubious birth and unacknowledged. Once out in London and Bristol-Hotwells, Evelina learns through a series of humorous events how to navigate society, and a nobleman falls in love with her. This sentimental novel with its satirical remarks on society significantly influenced later, similar works, such as those by Jane Austen..
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
ISBN
0192840312 / 9780192840318
Pages
xliv; 455
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1778