Evelina

Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, is a novel by English author Frances Burney, first published anonymously in 1778. Its title character is the legitimate but unacknowledged daughter of an English aristocrat, raised in rural seclusion until age 17. Set through humorous events in London and Hotwells near Bristol, the three-volume novel satirizes 18th-century English society and explores sensibility, early romanticism and romance.

First published

1778

Author

Frances Burney

Form

3-volume epistolary novel