In which I share my first-time reading experience of Fanny Burney’s Cecilia, which I couldn’t bear to put down.
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Fanny Burney Bolsters Young People
Fanny Burney’s “Evelina” is still very relevant to the lives of young people.
But What If Daddy’s Wrong about Him?
Frances Burney The fascinating conversations with my students about father-daughter relationships and Frances Burney’s Evelina continued yesterday. The class had a range of reactions to how Evelina should respond when her guardian tells her to override her growing affection for Lord Orville. He has a number of reasons to be nervous. Lord Orville (they both […]