"Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2" by Fanny Burney is a story set in the late 1700s about Cecilia Beverley, a young woman with a large inheritance trying to find her way in the world. She deals with tough choices about love, friendship, and what society expects from her. As Cecilia meets new people, the story looks at how different social classes live, the sacrifices people make, and how people try to find happiness even when society makes it hard. Early in the story, Cecilia is struggling with her feelings, especially her confusing relationship with young Delvile, while her visit to Miss Belfield shows her caring side as she wants to help the Belfield family, who are facing problems, even though they're proud. The conversations between characters show Cecilia's kindness, the complicated rules of society, and her own romantic worries, particularly why Delvile has been distant lately, setting up the scene for bigger conflicts.
Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2
By Fanny Burney
Torn between love, duty, and social pressures, a young heiress must navigate treacherous relationships and societal expectations to find her own path to happiness.
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About the AuthorFrances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. After a long writing career and wartime travels that stranded her in France for over a decade, she settled in Bath, England, where she died on 6 January 1840. The first of her four novels, Evelina (1778), was the most successful and remains her most highly regarded, followed by Cecilia (1782). Most of her stage plays were not performed in her lifetime. She wrote a memoir of her father (1832) and many letters and journals that have been gradually published since 1889, forty-nine years after her death.
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. After a long writing career and wartime travels that stranded her in France for over a decade, she settled in Bath, England, where she died on 6 January 1840. The first of her four novels, Evelina (1778), was the most successful and remains her most highly regarded, followed by Cecilia (1782). Most of her stage plays were not performed in her lifetime. She wrote a memoir of her father (1832) and many letters and journals that have been gradually published since 1889, forty-nine years after her death.
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