Beautiful young Evelina falls victim to the rakish advances of Sir Clement Willoughby on her entrance to the world of fashionable London. Colliding with the manners and customs of a society she... Læs mere
"The book charts one extraordinary woman's life of writing, but its journal entries, letters and reviews also reveal the changing habits of a whole literary culture." -- John Mullan, University College London
Written in secret and copied for her publisher in disguised handwriting, Frances Burney's first novel appeared anonymously in 1778. Subtitled "The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the... Læs mere
From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d'Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars,... Læs mere