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Lord Orville did me the honour to hand me to the coach, talking all the way of the honour I had done him! O these fashionable people! Frances Burneys first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenthcentury London. As she describes her heroines entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the vulnerability of female innocence in an imageconscious and often cruel world where social snobbery and sexual aggression are played out in the public arenas of pleasuregardens, theatre visits, and balls. But Evelinas innocence also makes her a shrewd commentator on the excesses and absurdities of manners and social ambitions as well as attracting the attention of the eminently eligible Lord Orville. Evelina, comic and shrewd, is at once a guide to fashionable London, a satirical attack on the new consumerism, an investigation of womens position in the late eighteenth century, and a love story. The new introduction and full notes to this edition help make this richness all the more readily available to a modern reader. ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to... Frances Burney Evelina Paperback Book