Evelina

or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

Fanny Burney

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501113633
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

A country-bred girl of eighteen comes to London and writes home about every humiliation, in letters that made the whole town read her. Burney published it anonymously at twenty-five, having copied the manuscript in a disguised hand so the printers would not know her writing; Burke sat up all night with it, and Johnson was loud in its praise. Fifty-nine plates of painting from Gainsborough to Rowlandson, 1730 to 1850, picture the rustic girls, country lanes and crowded rooms of the world Burney's heroine leaves behind and enters.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Original Inscription: To Dr. Burney
• Original Preface.
• Letter I - Lady Howard to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, Kent.
• Letter II - Mr. Villars to Lady Howard Berry Hill, Dorsetshire.
• Letter III [Written some months after the last]
• Letter IV - Mr. Villars to Lady Howard Berry Hill, March 12.
• Letter V - Mr. Villars to Lady Howard March 18. Dear Madam,
• Letter VI - Lady Howard to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove.
• Letter VII - Lady Howard to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, March 26.
• Letter VIII - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, March 26.
• Letter IX - Mr. Villars to Evelina Berry Hill, March 28.
• Letter X - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Queen Ann Street, London, Saturday,
• Letter XI - Evelina in Continuation Queen Ann Street, April 5, Tuesday Morning.
• Letter XII - Evelina in Continuation Tuesday, April 5.
• Letter XIII - Evelina in Continuation Tuesday, April 12. My dear Sir,
• Letter XIV - Evelina in Continuation. Queen Ann Street, April 13.
• Letter XV - Mr. Villars to Evelina Berry Hill, April 16.
• Letter XVI - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Queen Ann Street, Thursday morning,
• Letter XVII - Evelina in Continuation Friday Morning, April 15.
• Letter XVIII - Evelina in Continuation
• Letter XIX - Evelina in Continuation Saturday Morning, April 16.
• Letter XX - Evelina in Continuation
• Letter XXI - Evelina in Continuation
• Letter XXII - Evelina in Continuation Monday Morning, April 18.
• Letter XXIII - Evelina in Continuation Queen Ann Street, Tuesday, April 19.
• Letter XXIV - Mr Villars to Evelina Berry Hill, April 22.
• Letter XXV - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, April 25.
• Letter XXVI - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, April 27.
• Letter XXVII - Lady Howard to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove.
• Letter XXVIII - Mr Villars to Lady Howard Berry Hill, May 2.
• Letter XXIX - Mr. Villars to Evelina Berry Hill, May 2.
• Letter XXX - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, May 6.
• Letter XXXI - Lady Howard to Sir John Belmont, Bart Howard Grove, May 5.
• Letter XXXII - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, Kent, May 10.
• Letter XXXIII - Evelina in Continuation May 13th.
• Letter XXXIV - Evelina in Continuation Howard Grove, May 15.
• Letter XXXV - Sir John Belmont to Lady Howard Paris, May 11.
• Letter XXXVI - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Howard Grove, May 18.
• Letter XXXVII - Mr. Villars to Evelina Berry Hill, May 21.
• Letter XXXVIII - Mr. Villars to Lady Howard Berry Hill, May 27.
• Letter XXXIX - Mr. Villars to Evelina Berry Hill, May 28.
• Letter XL - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars London, June 6.
• Letter XLI - Evelina to Miss Mirvan June 7th
• Letter XLII - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Holborn, June 9.
• Letter XLIII - Evelina in Continuation
• Letter XLIV - Evelina in Continuation Holborn, June 13th.
• Letter XLV - Evelina in Continuation June 15th.
• Letter XLVI - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars Holborn, June 17th.
• Letter XLVII - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars. Holborn, June 18th.
• Letter XLVIII - Evelina in Continuation. June 21st.
• Letter XLIX - Mr. Villars to Evelina. Berry Hill.
• Letter L — Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars. Holborn, June 27th.
• Letter LI - Evelina in Continuation.
• Letter LII - Evelina in Continuation. Holborn, July 1.-5 o’clock in the morning.
• Letter LIII - Evelina in Continuation. Holborn, July 1st.
• Letter LIV - Evelina in Continuation. July 3rd.
• Letter LV - Evelina in Continuation. July 4th.
• Letter LVI - Mr. Villars to Evelina. Berry Hill, July 7th.
• Letter LVII - Evelina to Miss Mirvan. Berry Hill, July 14th.
• Letter LVIII - Evelina to Miss Mirvan. Berry Hill, July 21st.
• Letter LIX - Evelina in Continuation. Berry Hill, July 29th.
• Letter LX - Evelina in Continuation. Berry Hill, August 10th.
• Letter LXI - Evelina in Continuation. Bristol Hotwells, August 28th.
• Letter LXII - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars. Bristol Hotwells, Sept. 12th.
• Letter LXIII - Evelina in Continuation. Bristol Hotwells, Sept. 16th.
• Letter LXIV - Evelina in Continuation. Bristol Hotwells, Sept. 19th.
• Letter LXV - Evelina in Continuation. Clifton, Sept. 20th.
• Letter LXVI - Evelina in Continuation. Clifton, Sept. 24th.
• Letter LXVII - Mr. Villars to Evelina. Berry Hill, Sept. 28th.
• Letter LXVIII - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars. Clifton, Sept. 28th.
• Letter LXIX - Evelina in Continuation. Sept. 30th.
• Letter LXX - Evelina in Continuation. Oct. 1st.
• Letter LXXI - Evelina in Continuation. Clifton, October 1st.
• Letter LXXII - Evelina in Continuation. October 2nd.
• Letter LXXIII - Mr. Villars to Evelina. Berry Hill, Oct. 3rd.
• Letter LXXIV. [Enclosed in the preceding Letter.]
• Letter LXXV - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars. Clifton, Oct. 3rd.
• Letter LXXVI - Evelina in Continuation. Oct. 6th.
• Letter LXXVII - Evelina in Continuation. Clifton, Oct. 7th.
• Letter LXXVIII - Evelina in Continuation. Oct. 9th.
• Letter LXXIX - Evelina in Continuation. October 9th.
• Letter LXXX - Evelina in Continuation. Oct. 11th.
• Letter LXXXI - Evelina in Continuation. Clifton, Oct. 12th.
• Letter LXXXII - Evelina in Continuation. Clifton, Oct. 13th.
• Letter LXXXIII - Mr. Villars to Evelina.
• Letter LXXXIV - Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars.
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