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Violence
None
No violence
Language
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18th century English; clean
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content; romantic intrigues are entirely innocent
Substance Use
None
Social drinking in period setting
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of social anxiety, female vulnerability, and the comedy of manners
What this book is about
Evelina Anville, an illegitimate young woman with no clear social standing, is thrust into London society and must navigate its treacherous waters through letters to her guardian. Burney's 1778 epistolary novel was a sensation — Samuel Johnson loved it — and established the template for the social comedy of manners that Austen would perfect.
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