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A novel that explores the causes and consequences of a power, disguise, subterfuge and performance, Evelina traces a young woman's growth into womanhood.

Fanny Burney's Evelina was written in secret and published anonymously in 1778. The story of a young woman entering a society that is seemingly designed to threaten her success, Evelina is an example of the epistolary genre popular in the 18th Century.