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1004 pages • first pub 1782 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192817426
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
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Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress (1782) is an unusual and disturbing love-story. In playing on the issue of the heroine's name, the novel illustrates the high cost of a patriarchal system. Burney exhibits her comic and satiric powers in depicting...
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1004 pages • first pub 1782 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780192817426
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress (1782) is an unusual and disturbing love-story. In playing on the issue of the heroine's name, the novel illustrates the high cost of a patriarchal system. Burney exhibits her comic and satiric powers in depicting...