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23%OFFFanny Burney - Cecilia: or Memoirs of an Heiress - 9780199552382 - V9780199552382
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Cecilia: or Memoirs of an Heiress

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Description for Cecilia: or Memoirs of an Heiress Paperback. Editor(s): Sabor, Peter; Doody, Margaret Anne. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 714.
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. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
709g
Number of Pages
1056
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199552382
SKU
V9780199552382
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About Fanny Burney
Peter Sabor is Professor of English at Queen's University, Ontario. Margaret Anne Doody is Professor of English at Princeton.

Reviews for Cecilia: or Memoirs of an Heiress
'scholarly edition ... a welcome addition to the roster of available eighteenth-century texts ... Scholars will undoubtedly prefer this edition of Cecilia for its textual accuracy and will appreciate the help that the various appendices and the annotation will give to students' Elizabeth Brophy, College of New Rochelle, Eighteenth-Century Fiction

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