Evelina
by Fanny Burney
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a novel written by English author Frances Burney and first published in 1778. In this epistolary novel in three volumes, Evelina, the title character, is the unacknowledged daughter of a dissipated English aristocrat. Her dubious birth has seen her raised in rural seclusion until her seventeenth year.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1698317589DPB
- Title
- Evelina
- Author
- Fanny Burney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Co. Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1967
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