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Краткое содержание: Эвелина
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A seventeen-year-old country girl enters London's ballrooms and blunders her first dance with a lord.
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Эвелина — кратко о книге
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- Слов: 145 800
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Средний longer sentences, everyday words
- Первая публикация
- 1778by Фанни Бёрни
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Эвелина in short
Evelina follows a seventeen-year-old girl with a hidden past as she steps into London society. She is raised in a quiet parsonage by Arthur Villars, who loves her as a daughter and fears for her. Over six months she learns, through embarrassing blunders and real dangers, how the world judges a young woman.
What Эвелина is about
What does a girl of seventeen do when she walks into her first London ballroom and does not know the rules? Evelina Anville refuses one dancer, accepts another, and learns too late that she has broken a law of manners.
Evelina was written by Fanny Burney and first published in 1778 without her name on it. It is told in letters, mostly from Evelina to her guardian, the Reverend Arthur Villars. You follow her from a Dorsetshire parsonage to London and on to Bristol, among bores, bullies, fops and flirts.
Для кого. This book will delight readers who love comic novels of manners, sharp portraits of fops, and a young heroine finding her own voice. It also suits anyone who enjoys a romance built on misunderstandings.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A girl without a name leaves home
The story opens with a problem about a name. Evelina is the daughter of Lady Belmont, who died on the day her child was born, and of Sir John Belmont, who burned the marriage certificate and denied the wedding. She grows up in Dorsetshire under the care of Villars, who calls her Anville to hide her story.
Her grandmother, Madame Duval, writes from France to claim the child. Villars refuses, because Madame Duval is coarse and vain. Then Lady Howard and her daughter Mrs. Mirvan offer a kinder visit, and a spring trip to London. Villars fears that a beautiful girl with little money will be hurt. Still, he knows that experience must take the place of lessons, and he lets her go.
Evelina signs herself Evelina, and adds that she cannot sign Anville, asking what other name she can claim. That small line holds the ache of the whole book.
A girl with no name of her own must find her way by judgment alone.
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Evelina's first ball goes wrong
Evelina reaches London with Mrs. Mirvan and her daughter Maria.
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A small lie brings Sir Clement near
At the next assembly, a late-night public ball, Evelina has been told that a young woman must not dance with strangers.
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Relatives and rivals crowd her days
Evelina's trouble multiplies when Madame Duval appears.
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The Captain plays cruel jokes at Howard Grove
The party moves to Howard Grove in Kent, but peace does not follow.
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A month in Holborn teaches her compassion
Evelina moves with Madame Duval into rooms in Holborn, near the Branghtons, who now crowd every day.
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Lord Orville's visit and the painful letter
At Marybone Gardens, Evelina is separated from her party again, and two rude women take her arms.
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Innocence needs guidance and honest speech
One theme of the novel is the danger and charm of innocence.
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Rank, money and manners divide the characters
Another theme is the way rank and money decide how people are treated.
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Letters, comedy and voices make the book live
Burney tells the story in letters, and that choice shapes everything.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Evelina Anville A seventeen-year-old orphan raised in the country, she wants to find her place and her real name while keeping her honest heart.
- Mr. Villars The kind clergyman who raised her, he wants to shield her from the world while preparing her to meet it.
- Lord Orville A noble, courteous gentleman who treats Evelina with respect and wants to protect her from those who would take advantage.
- Sir Clement Willoughby A charming, forward baronet who pursues Evelina with flattery and schemes, and wants her on his own terms.
- Madame Duval Evelina's vain, loud grandmother, long resident in France, who wants to claim her granddaughter and polish her in Paris.
- Captain Mirvan A gruff sea captain who hates the French and wants sport at the expense of anyone he finds foolish.
- Mrs. Mirvan A gentle, sensible lady who takes Evelina under her wing and tries to heal the damage her husband causes.
- Mrs. Selwyn A witty, sharp-tongued neighbor who takes Evelina to Bristol and wants to see her treated justly.
How it ends (spoiler)
Evelina is at last acknowledged by her father, Sir John Belmont, who weeps over her dead mother's letter and begs forgiveness. A deception that kept her from her place is brought to light, and her name is restored. Mr. Lord Orville declares his lasting attachment and seeks her guardian's consent, and Mr. Villars gives his blessing. She marries him and becomes Lady Orville.
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Вопросы о книге Эвелина
What is Evelina about?
It follows Evelina, a country-raised girl of seventeen, through her first months in London and Bristol. She faces comic blunders, unwanted suitors and awkward relatives while hoping to win her father's name and the regard of Lord Orville.
Why is Evelina written as letters?
Burney uses letters so we hear Evelina describe events as they happen, with her confusion and feelings still fresh. The form also lets other voices, such as Mr. Villars and Mrs. Selwyn, appear in their own style.
Who is Lord Orville?
Lord Orville is a well-bred nobleman whom Evelina meets at her first ball. He is kind, intelligent and fair, and he becomes her protector and friend. His good conduct is set against the rudeness of other men of rank.
When was Evelina written, and is it a true story?
Fanny Burney published Evelina anonymously in 1778. It is a work of fiction, though it draws on the real fashions, public places and manners of eighteenth-century London, such as Ranelagh, Vauxhall and the opera.
Is Evelina worth reading today?
Yes for readers who enjoy comedy and character. It has lively dialogue, memorable fops and bullies, and a heroine whose mistakes are easy to feel for. Its questions about manners, money and honesty still reach modern readers.
Как сослаться на это издание
Burney, Fanny. Evelina. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/evelina.
Burney, F. (2026). Evelina. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/evelina (Original work published 1778)
Burney, Fanny. Evelina. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/evelina.
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title = {Evelina},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1778}
}
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