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Book Review of Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback))

Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress (Oxford World's Classics (Paperback))
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This book is somewhat tiresome and Evelina is much better. However, I have known many people who like it a good deal, and Jane Austen supposedly got the title of "Pride and Prejudice" from its pages. Try it if you have patience. Fanny Burney herself was a fascinating woman.