Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress

by Burney, Frances; Sabor, Peter; Doody, Margaret Anne

• ISBN13: 9780192839091
• ISBN10: 0192839098
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her surname. Fanny Burney's unusual love story and deft social satire was much admired on its first publication in 1782 for its subtle interweaving of comedy, humanity, and social analysis.Controversial in its time, this eighteenth-century novel seems entirely fresh in relation to late twentieth-century concerns.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	x
Introduction	xi
Note on the Text	xl
Select Bibliography	xlii
A Chronology of Frances Burney	xlv
CECILIA, OR MEMOIRS OF AN HEIRESS
Advertisement	3	(2)
VOLUME I
Book I
A Journey	5	(5)
An Argument	10	(10)
An Arrival	20	(7)
A Sketch of High Life	27	(8)
An Assembly	35	(11)
A Breakfast	46	(6)
A Project	52	(8)
An Opera Rehearsal	60	(10)
A Supplication	70	(9)
A Provocation	79	(5)
A Narration	84	(9)
Book II
A Man of Wealth	93	(4)
A Man of Family	97	(6)
A Masquerade	103	(25)
An Affray	128	(14)
A Fashionable Friend	142	(9)
A Family Party	151	(9)
An Examination	160	(7)
A Tete a Tete	167	(6)
VOLUME II
Book III
An Application	173	(9)
A Perplexity	182	(6)
An Admonition	188	(11)
An Evasion	199	(4)
An Adventure	203	(9)
A Man of Genius	212	(13)
An Expedient	225	(4)
A Remonstrance	229	(6)
A Victory	235	(10)
Book IV
A Complaint	245	(4)
A Sympathy	249	(4)
A Conflict	253	(6)
An Expectation	259	(4)
An Agitation	263	(11)
A Man of the Ton	274	(20)
A Reproof	294	(8)
A Mistake	302	(4)
An Explanation	306	(7)
A Murmuring	313	(8)
VOLUME III
Book V
A Rout	321	(17)
A Broad Hint	338	(6)
An Accommodation	344	(4)
A Detection	348	(5)
A Sarcasm	353	(6)
A Surmise	359	(4)
A Bold Stroke	363	(8)
A Miser's Mansion	371	(4)
A Declaration	375	(5)
A Gamester's Conscience	380	(7)
A Persecution	387	(11)
A Man of Business	398	(25)
A Solution	423	(17)
Book VI
A Debate	440	(11)
A Railing	451	(6)
An Antique Mansion	457	(6)
A Rattle	463	(8)
A Storm	471	(7)
A Mystery	478	(10)
An Anecdote	488	(7)
A Conference	495	(8)
An Attack	503	(12)
A Retreat	515	(6)
A Worry	521	(8)
VOLUME IV
Book VII
A Renovation	529	(9)
A Visit	538	(7)
An Incident	545	(7)
A Proposition	552	(8)
A Letter	560	(7)
A Discussion	567	(8)
A Retrospection	575	(11)
An Embarrassment	586	(4)
A Torment	590	(21)
Book VIII
An Interruption	611	(12)
An Event	623	(10)
A Consternation	633	(10)
A Perturbation	643	(12)
A Cottage	655	(13)
A Contest	668	(17)
A Message	685	(8)
A Parting	693	(6)
A Tale	699	(12)
A Shock	711	(4)
VOLUME V
Book IX
A Cogitation	715	(6)
A Surprize	721	(10)
A Confabulation	731	(10)
A Wrangling	741	(20)
A Suspicion	761	(10)
A Disturbance	771	(18)
A Calm	789	(7)
An Alarm	796	(14)
A Suspense	810	(7)
A Relation	817	(8)
An Enterprise	825	(8)
Book X
A Discovery	833	(5)
An Interview	838	(14)
A Summons	852	(6)
A Deliberation	858	(8)
A Decision	866	(10)
A Prating	876	(15)
A Pursuit	891	(9)
An Encounter	900	(9)
A Tribute	909	(8)
A Termination	917	(26)
Appendix I: Burney's Draft Introduction to Cecilia	943	(4)
Appendix II: Glossary of French Terms	947	(1)
Appendix III: London	948	(3)
Appendix IV: Finance	951	(2)
Appendix V: Fashionable Amusements	953	(4)
Explanatory Notes	957