Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
"Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1" by Fanny Burney is a novel published in 1782. Twenty-year-old Cecilia Beverley inherits a fortune with one condition: her future husband must take her surname. Navigating London society under the care of three flawed guardians, she encounters fortune hunters, schemers, and social pretenders. As she struggles between duty and desire, a mysterious white domino at a masquerade captures her attention, leading to unexpected
complications in her carefully constrained world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 |
|---|---|
| Title | Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_(Burney_novel) |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Inheritance and succession -- Fiction |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 6346 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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