Contributions

  • Katharine M. Rogers (Introduction) - Contributor

Publication

1992-05-03 - Signet Classics

Language

English

Word Count

120,000 words, Guess

Page Count

480 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100451525604
  • ISBN-139780451525604
  • Better World Books9780451525604
  • Better World BooksW8-APH-248
  • Open LibraryOL7577215M

Description

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.

First Sentence

Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind, than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence?

Subjects

Other Editions

  • EvelinaSignet Classics1992-05-03

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