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New edition of Burney's satirical first novel, set in late eighteenth century London.
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'Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people!' Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an image-conscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasure-gardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelina's innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions - as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville. Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of women's position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story. The new introduction and full notes to this edition help make this richness all the more readily available to a modern reader.
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Fanny Burney had written a novel while still in her teens in which her heroine, Lady Evelyn, makes a journey to Paris and becomes entangled in an unfortunate set of circumstances that end in her death shortly after giving birth to her first child. Lady Belmont, nee Evelyn predicts that she will die soon and asks the noble and compassionate Reverend Villars to take care of her child till its eighteenth year.
Fanny Burney burned this novel and years later wrote Evelina which begins on a winter day when the child of Lady Belmont (Evelina) is in her sixteenth year. The Rev. Villars receives the news that Evelina's grandmother, Madame Duval, wishes to have her granddaughter sent to Paris to live with her. During the course of this story Evelina never travels to Paris but she does begin her journey to adulthood.
This novel explores the dark side of life but never loses its light-hearted, comical tone. Evelina Anville grows up to resemble her beautiful mother but her beauty which is described as angelic is only a shadow of her great inner beauty. Unfortunately Evelina's physical beauty is the cause of much of the trouble that she encounters in this novel; troubles that first begin in London when she frizzles her hair, puts on a party gown, and goes to her first ball.
A few months later while preparing to leave London Evelina writes, "I shall be very glad to quit this town." She travels back to her native Berry Hill thinking that her problems will go away once she is back home. But she finds that even in Berry Hill - an idealic land of happiness and innocence - her problems have followed her. The Rev. Villars saddened by the change he observes in Evelina states "I see but too plainly, that though Evelina is returned, -- I have lost my child!" And he attempts to end Evelina's distress by prophesying "...doubt not but that time will stand your friend, and all will end well."
Evelina has more adventures before the conclusion of this story. Part of the difficulties she encounters are due to the fact that her background is kept secret. Her father, Sir John Belmont, abandoned his wife and denied ever having been married to her. Evelina lives under a false last name and has all her life been "dependent, even for subsistence" on charity. So, though she is of noble birth she has suffered the indignities of the lower classes. In one of the saddest parts of the book when Evelina reveals her past to the man she loves she describes herself as an "outcast."
This novel is both a fairy tale and a black comedy.
Evelina was written in the eighteenth century and is very much a period piece. Part of the charm of this novel is that it is written as a series of letters - all ending with closings like "Your most obedient and most humble servant." The author's brilliant use of dialogue enlivens the characters. This novel is populated by many fascinating characters ranging from the motherly Rev. Villars, the virago Madame Duval, the sadistic Captain Mirvan, the two-faced Sir Clement Willoughby, the sardonic Mrs. Selwyn, and the noble hero Lord Orville.
Like a lively breeze that has survived for over two hundred years this masterpiece remains as fresh and vigorous today as it was when it was first published.
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I have to say that I 'enjoyed' this novel more than I usually enjoy Jane Austen, but in terms of raw literary merit, Austen is probably superior. Evelina is a really lovable heroine, and my only complaint would be her lack of action, but of course that's a sign of her time. This book made me laugh out loud and I was really sorry to finish it!
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This story, although seeming to take the shape of a soap opera with the many twists and turns of society, was spellbinding in its wonderful protrayal of decorum under usually wild circumstances. The young Evelina is thrust into society and into the hands of wolves, mostly because she is so beautiful. The most wonderful thing about her is NOT her beauty, but her elegant and ignomious education and charm. She a beauty to the core and always wishing to do the right thing. To share her difficulties is almost heart wrenching. To share her delight is heart warming. Evelina will steal your heart as she did Lord Orville's. Wait and see.
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Mighty forward for its time!
Everything within context.
This is a book written more than 230 years ago by a young woman not much older than our heroine Evelina. Lesen Sie weiter...
This is a book written more than 230 years ago by a young woman not much older than our heroine Evelina. Lesen Sie weiter...
Vor 19 Tagen von TJ veröffentlicht
Die Londoner Gesellschaft im 18. Jahrhundert
Evelina ist ein junges Mädchen, das bei einem Pastor aufwächst. Ihre Mutter ist verstorben, ihr Vater jedoch behauptet, Evelina sei nicht sein Kind. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Oktober 2004 von Mareike
Yuck
This novel doesn't compare to Jane Austen. Evelina was a silly and mindless heroine I could not become interested in, much less in her quest for marriage. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Out-Austens Austen
While this novel was obviously a large influence on Austen, it doesn't really count for much else. A meandering, pointless plot about a naive girl maturing in the city gets old... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 30. November 1998 veröffentlicht
wonderful
I found Evelina thoroughly enjoyable. Much like a Jane Austen novel in its plot (the heroine faces and overcomes countless difficulties and by doing so matures and moves toward... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. April 1998 von Lelia Thell (tthell@worldnet.att.net)
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