1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

  • Gulliver's Travels
  • Roxana
  • Moll Flanders
  • Love In Excess
  • Robinson Crusoe
  • A Tale of a Tub
  • Oroonoko
  • The Princess of Cleves

Friday, January 13, 2012

42. Evelina by Fanny Burney

Fanny Burney supported her family through her writing, and this is a her debut novel.

Evelina travels to London to learn to find her way in society, having been brought up in a secluded village.  There is a mystery about her birth, as her true father denies she is his daughter and heir.

She is attracted to Lord Orville, but is embarrassed by a pack of vulgar relations. In the end, her father acknowledges her and she is united with Lord Orville.

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