A sheltered young woman's comic and perilous entrance into London society, told in letters. Burney's sparkling novel of manners.
Books mentioned in Evelina (3)
King Lear by William Shakespeare: “We are just returned from the play, which was King Lear, and has made me very sad.”
Love for Love by William Congreve: “The play was Love for Love; and though it is fraught with wit and entertainment I hope I shall never see it represented again; for it is so extremely indelicate”
The New Bath Guide by Christopher Anstey: “After this, he took up the New Bath Guide, and read it with me till”
Books that mention Evelina (1)
How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom: “Sanmel Richardson's marvelous Clarissa and his Sir Charles Grandison; Fanny Burney's Evelina.”