Fanny Burney
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
Cecilia is Fanny Burney's captivating novel of manners, exploring the social complexities of eighteenth-century England as Cecilia Beverly navigates London's high society in search of love and happiness.
Young Cecilia is a beautiful and charming heiress who's set to inherit a large fortune from her uncle under one, quite peculiar, condition, whomever she marries must agree to take her surname. Arriving in London, she attempts to find her way through...