Evelina, or, A young lady's entrance into the world : in a series of letters
"Frances Burney is often remembered for her connections with major eighteenth-century literary figures, such as Johnson, Burke, Reynolds, and Thrale. She was famous in her own day, however, for her literary oeuvre, and her reputation was established largely on the grounds of her first novel, Evelina. Published anonymously in 1778, it is an epistolary account of a sheltered young woman's entrance into society and her experience of family. Its comedy ranges from the violent practical joking reminiscent of Smollett's fiction to the witty repartee that would influence Austen." "The Broadview edition is the only one available based on the second edition of the novel (1779), which incorporates Burney's revisions and corrections. Its appendices include contemporary reviews of Evelina as well as eighteenth-century works on the family and on comedy."--Jacket
Satire
694 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9781551112374, 155111237X
44019584
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments
Introduction
Frances Burney: A Brief Chronology
Note on the Text
Evelina
Introduction to Appendices
Appendix A: Contemporary Reviews
1. London Review (February 1778)
2. Monthly Review (April 1778)
3. Westminster Magazine (June 1778)
4. Gentleman's Magazine (September 1778)
5. Critical Review (September 1778)
Appendix B: Contemporary Works on Family
1. George Savile, Marquis of Halifax, The Lady's New-Year's-Gift
2. William Fleetwood, The Relative Duties of Parents and Children, Husbands and Wives, Masters and Servants
3. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, "Correspondence with her Granddaughter, Diana, Duchess of Bedford, 1732-35." Letters of a Grandmother 1732-35
4. Samuel Richardson, Letters Written To and For Particular Friends, on the Most Important Occasions
5. [John Hill]. On the Management and Education of Children
6. Samuel Richardson, A Collection of the Moral and Instructive Sentiments, Maxims, Cautions, and Reflexions, Contained in the Histories of PAMELA
7. James Nelson, An Essay on the Government of Children
8. Eliza Haywood, The Female Spectator
9. Lady Sarah Pennington, An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Absent Daughters
10. "Portia" [pseud.], The Polite Lady
11. Hester Mulso Chapone, Letters on the Improvement of the Mind
12. Clara Reeve, Plans of Education
13. Mrs. Bonhote, The Parental Monitor
14. Thomas Gisborne, An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex
15. Maria Edgeworth and Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Practical Education
16. Francis Burney D'Arglay, Memoirs of Doctor Burney
Appendix C: Contemporary Works on Comedy
1. Anon., Pasquil's Jests, Mixed with Mother Bunches Merriments
2. Joseph Addison, The Spectator (1711)
3. Anon., Scogin's Jests (1626)
4. [John Mottley], Joe Miller's Jest Book (1739)
5. [Corbyn Morris], An Essay Towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Raillery, Satire, and Ridicule
6. Eliza Haywood, The Female Spectator (1744-46)
7. Jane Collier, An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
8. Christopher Anstey, The New Bath Guide
9. [James Quin], Quin's Jests
10. Anon., An Essay on Laughter
11. William Hazlitt, Lectures on the English Comic Writers
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