Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • england, fiction
  • english literature
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • inheritance and succession
  • long now manual for civilization
  • social life and customs
  • young women
  • young women, fiction