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Fanny Burney

Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress. Volume 1Fanny Burney Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress – Volume 1 PREFACE“Fanny’s Cecilia came out last summer, and is as much liked and read, I believe, as any book ever was,” wrote Charlotte Burney in Jan. 1783. “She had 250 pounds for it from Payne and Cade...

Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the WorldLETTER I. LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, KentLETTER II. MR. VILLARS TO LADY HOWARD Berry Hill, DorsetshireLETTER III [Written some months after the last] LADY HOWARD TO THE REV. MR. VILLARS Howard Grove, March 8L...

Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress. Volume 3Fanny Burney Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress – Volume 3 BOOK VIII. Continued CHAPTER ii. – AN EVENT Scarce less unhappy in her decision than in her uncertainty, and every way dissatisfied with her situation, her views and herself, Cecilia was still s...

Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress. Volume 2Fanny Burney Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress – Volume 2 BOOK IV. Continued CHAPTER x. – A MURMURING Unable to relieve herself from this perplexity, Cecilia, to divert her chagrin, again visited Miss Belfield. She had then the pleasure to hear that he...

The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 5 of 5)Fanny Burney The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties CHAPTER LXXVII The final purposes for which man is ordained to move in this nether sphere, will for ever remain disputable, while the doubts to which it gives rise can be answere...

The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 1 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 1 of 5) TO DOCTOR BURNEY,FRS and correspondent to the institute of France1The earliest pride of my heart was to inscribe to my much-loved Father the first public effort of my pen; though the timid o...

The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 3 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 3 of 5) CHAPTER XLI From the time of this arrangement, the ascendance which Mr Naird obtained over the mind of Elinor, by alternate assurances and alarms, relative to her chances of living to see Ha...

The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5) CHAPTER XX Ellis hastened to the house; but her weeping eyes, and disordered state of mind, unfitted her for an immediate encounter with Elinor, and she went straight to her own chamber; whe...

Camilla; or, A Picture of YouthCamilla; or, A Picture of Youth QUEEN MADAM,That Goodness inspires a confidence, which, by divesting respect of terror, excites attachment to Greatness, the presentation of this little Work to Your Majesty must truly, however humbly, evince; and though a public mani...

The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 4 of 5)The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 4 of 5) CHAPTER LX Juliet was precipitately followed by Lord Melbury.'It is not, then,' he cried, 'your intention to return to Mrs Ireton?''No, my lord, never!'She had but just uttered these words, ...