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Cecilia

by Fanny Burney · 1782

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Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her surname. Fanny Burney's unusual love story and deft social satire was much admired on its first publication in 1782 for its subtle interweaving of comedy, humanity, and social analysis. Controversial in its time, this eighteenth-century novel seems entirely fresh in relation to late twentieth-century concerns.

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Georgian and 18th centuryGeorgian and 18th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisRegencyRegencyMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
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18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisGeorgianGeorgianMore like thisLess of thisRegencyRegencyMore like thisLess of thisVictorianVictorianMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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romanticromanticMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1056 pages

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