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Frances BURNEY Cecilia, ou mémoires d'une héritiere

Frances BURNEY

Cecilia, ou mémoires d'une héritiere

Chez Les libraires associés, à Genève 1784, 7 tomes en 7 Vol. in 18 (8x13cm).


New edition, after the original was published in 1783. Full Sheepskin period. Smooth back decorated. Part of title and volume number in red morocco. Higher caps volumes 1 and 6 threadbare. Tail headdress Volume 1 threadbare. Various frictions. Lack the upper joints tail tome Cecilia Beverley 5.'s An orphan. The legacy that he bequeathed his uncle is accompanied by a clause stating that it must find a husband who resumes his name. Given the social climate that surrounds it, this is impossible, and she left her fortune to marry for love. The novel will receive a favorable review at its output. Jane Austen used the concluding sentence of the novel for the title of his most famous work: Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice): "The whole of this unfortunate business, Said Dr. Lyster, has-been the result of PRIDE and PREJUDICE. "(All of this unfortunate affair, says Dr. Lyster, was the result of pride and prejudice.")

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