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Cecilia:

Memoirs of an Heiress
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Oxford University Press, 1988 - Fiction - 1004 pages
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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User Review  - Dangermousie - Goodreads

I happen to love this book more than the combined works of Jane Austen (blasphemy, I know). While lacking Austen's sparkling style, I find this book has emotional connection and focus on social issues ... Read full review

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User Review  - Noor Iqbal - Goodreads

it waz good thought of an orphan one has indulged in just only love on the basis of money.the role of cecilia is always highlights towards others no more important on her except the love at the end she realies nice one... Read full review

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Contents

A Sarcasm
353
A Surmise
359
A Bold Stroke
363
A Misers Mansion
371
A Declaration
375
A Gamesters Conscience
381
A Persecution
387
A Man of Business
398
An Event
623
A Consternation
633
A Perturbation
643
A Cottage
655
A Contest
668
A Message
685
A Parting
693
A Tale
699

A Solution
423
Book VI
440
A Railing
451
An Antique Mansion
457
A Rattle
463
A Storm
471
A Mystery
478
An Anecdote
488
A Conference
495
An Attack
503
A Retreat
515
A Worry
521
VOLUME IV
529
A Visit
538
An Incident
545
A Proposition
552
A Letter
560
A Discussion
567
VI A Retrospection
575
An Embarrassment
586
A Torment
590
Book VIII
611
A Shock
711
VOLUME V
715
A Surprize
721
A Confabulation
731
A Wrangling
741
A Suspicion
761
A Disturbance
771
A Calm
789
An Alarm
796
A Suspense
810
A Relation
817
An Enterprise
825
Book X
833
An Interview
838
A Summons
852
A Pursuit
891
An Encounter
900
Burneys Draft Introduction to Cecilia
943
Finance
951
EXPLANATORY NOTES
957
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Literary Encyclopedia: Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an Heiress
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JSTOR: Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress
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Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress (work by Burney) -- Britannica ...
Her next novel, Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress, 5 vol. (1782), incorporated morally didactic themes along with the social satire of Burney's first novel ...
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Fanny Burney Life Stories, Books, & Links
This website by Ellen Moody, a professor of English literature at George Mason University, offers commentary on Evelina, Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress, ...
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Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entra...: Information ...
In 1782, Burney's second novel, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, increased her fame. Author Jane Austen is said to have studied Burney's works, ...
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Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress. Ed. Peter Sabor and Margaret Anne Doody. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Dickens, Charles. ...
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About the author (1988)

Peter Sabor is Professor of English at Queen's University, Ontario. Margaret Anne Doody is Professor of English at Princeton.

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