Evelina : or, the history of a young lady's entrance into the world
Record details
- ISBN: 1775415686
- ISBN: 9781775415688
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 electronic document (856 pages))
remote - Publisher: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Archived by the National Library of New Zealand. Title from PDF cover (viewed on May 19, 2010). Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title are non-functional. Novel. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
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Subject: | London (England) -- Fiction Young women -- Fiction Socialites -- Fiction Debutantes -- Fiction |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. Electronic books > Fiction. Fiction. |
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- Floating Press
Evelina is the daughter of an English aristocrat, but is brought up in the country until her seventeenth birthday, because she is of dubious birth and unacknowledged. Once out in London and Bristol-Hotwells, Evelina learns through a series of humorous events how to navigate society, and a nobleman falls in love with her. This sentimental novel with its satirical remarks on society significantly influenced later, similar works, such as those by Jane Austen.