Cecilia Memoirs of an Heiress [Classics Of World Literature] ... by Frances Burney

Burney was a novelist, diarist and playwright. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: 'remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination. Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress, is the second novel by English author Fanny Burney, published in 1782. вЂIt is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the bestвЂ“chosen language. Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: ''And what are you reading, Miss вЂ” ?' вЂOh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. Dimensions: 1.6' x 7.7' x 5.1' from: 3.99 from: 5.59 from: 3.59 Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelly from: 3. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love. Awards Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0192839098 ISBN13: 9780192839091 Release Date: July 1999 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Length: 1056 Pages Weight: 1.55 lbs. The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name.

Cecilia Memoirs of an Heiress [Classics Of World Literature] ... by Frances Burney