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Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1

by Fanny Burney

British LiteratureClassicsRomance18th CenturyLiteratureHistorical FictionFiction
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This novel is an unusual and disturbing love-story. In playing on the issue of the heroine's name, the novel illustrates the high cost of a patriarchal system. Burney exhibits her powers as a comic writer and a satirist in depicting Cecilia's dismaying entry into the gilded fashionable world. This edition presents 'Cecilia' as it first appeared in 1782, indicating changes Burney made to later editions.

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CECILIA,

or

MEMOIRS OF AN HEIRESS

Volume 1 (of 3)

By Frances Burney

CONTENTS

PREFACE

BOOK I.

CHAPTER i. — A JOURNEY.

CHAPTER ii. — AN ARGUMENT.

CHAPTER iii. — AN ARRIVAL.

CHAPTER iv. — A SKETCH OF HIGH LIFE.

CHAPTER v. — AN ASSEMBLY.

CHAPTER vi. — A BREAKFAST.

CHAPTER vii. — A PROJECT.

CHAPTER viii. — AN OPERA REHEARSAL.

CHAPTER ix. — A SUPPLICATION.

CHAPTER x. — A PROVOCATION.

CHAPTER xi. — A NARRATION.

BOOK II.

CHAPTER i. — A MAN OF WEALTH

CHAPTER ii. — A MAN OF FAMILY.

CHAPTER iii. — A MASQUERADE.

CHAPTER iv. — AN AFFRAY.

CHAPTER v. — A FASHIONABLE FRIEND.

CHAPTER vi. — A FAMILY PARTY.

CHAPTER vii. — AN EXAMINATION.

CHAPTER viii. — A TETE A TETE.

BOOK III.

CHAPTER i. — AN APPLICATION.

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