Nov 18, 2008
Evelina | Evelina
At a glance:
- Author: Frances Burney
- First Published: 1778
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Sentimental
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Epistolary literature
- Subjects: Genealogy, Tricks, Class conflict, Love or romance, Abandoned children, Manners or customs, Social life, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Adoption or adopted children, London, Lifestyles, Cruelty, Orphans or orphanages, Gossip, Naivete, Nobility
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Evelina Anville, a pretty, unaffected seventeen-year-old girl whose
letters, principally to the Reverend Arthur Villars, her guardian, make up the book. They tell of
her party-going, her love affairs, and her many admirers in the London and Bristol social sets.
Evelina’s mother was Caroline Evelyn, who died shortly after Evelina’s birth; her
father, Sir John Belmont, a profligate young man, had deserted Caroline, his wife, when he was
disappointed in the fortune he expected to receive from his marriage. After much maneuvering
to avoid the advances of...
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