She also does not understand why Lady Margaret (Mr. Cecilia notes the sharp behavior of an old man sitting quietly in the corner. Monckton with his schemes, are also there. Monckton's wife and her poor companion, Miss Bennet, who helps Mr. Belfield, a clever, lively, proud young man who can't settle down. Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100 Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About Cecilia by Frances Burney and Fanny Burney. Morrice, a young lawyer who tries to flatter everyone who is important Captain Aresby, who likes to compliment ladies in fancy words and Mr. He is afraid that Cecilia might fall in love or forget him while in London, and warns her continually to be careful of all 'temptations.' At his house she meets Mr.

Monckton wants to marry Cecilia as soon as his own wife dies. Monckton has married an old, ugly woman for her money, but secretly regrets his decision after meeting Cecilia-a woman who combines wealth with beauty and youth. Cecilia Beverley is a country heiress, although still a minor, who is destined for money, standing to inherit when she comes of age 10000 pounds in her own right and, from her uncle the Dean, an estate worth 3000 pounds a year.

Harrel, but is invited first to her friend Mr. Beverley.Cecilia goes to live with one of her three guardians, Mr. A stipulation in her uncle's will requires whomever she marries to take her surname, that is, become Mr. She is an orphan heiress (£3000 a year as soon as she becomes of age, with a smaller personal fortune of £10,000). Plot Summary: Cecilia opens with the beautiful 20-year-old heroine, Cecilia Beverley, saying goodbye to her country home to go on a journey to London. A panoramic novel of eighteenth-century London, Cecilia was highly successful with at least 51 editions. The novel, about the trials and tribulations of a young upper class woman who must negotiate London society for the first time and who falls in love with a social superior, belongs to the genre of the novel of manners. How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Formatted for e-reader Illustrated About Cecilia by Frances Burney and Fanny Burney Cecilia, subtitled Memoirs of an Heiress, is the second novel by English author Frances Burney.

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