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The Sylph
The Sylph is an epistolary novel first published in 1779 and generally attributed to Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Told through letters, it presents the experiences of a young woman entering fashionable British society and uses that setting to examine marriage, gambling, sexual conduct, and the pressures of aristocratic life. Its attribution and satirical treatment of elite manners p...
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Evelina
Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, is a 1778 epistolary novel by English writer Frances Burney. Told through letters, it follows the inexperienced Evelina Anville as she enters fashionable society, encounters questions of identity and inheritance, and learns to interpret unfamiliar social rules. Its detailed treatment of manners, courtship, embarrassment, and women'...
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