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Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an heiress

by Fanny Burney , Frances Burney

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First published: 1782 1 language ISBN: 9781513279992
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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.
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Social life and customs Fiction Inheritance and succession Young women English literature England, fiction British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) Young women, fiction Fiction, general Long Now Manual for Civilization

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