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List of illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations and short titles A Burney family tree Introduction 1. Frances: or, a young lady's entrance into life 2. Evelina: or A Young Lady's Entrance into the World 3. The Witlings: the finished comedy 4. Cecilia: or, Memoirs of an Heiress 5. Love, loss, and imprisonment: the Windsor and Kew tragedies 6. Marriage, 'Clarinda', and Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth 7. Camilla: mysteries, clues, and guilty characters 8. Incest, bereavement, and the late comic plays 9. The Wanderer: or, Female Difficulties: revolution, the Rights of Women, and 'The Wild Edifice' 10. End of story Conclusion Notes Index Index of works.
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