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Decent intrigue, but the back and forth got tiresome and Evelina's relations are all equally annoying. When I read the blurb, I assumed that the dangers of society that the innocent Evelina encounters in London would include several vices. However, the mean and repetitive danger is that of sexual threat/rape. Every time Evelina goes to any public place, she loses track of her family due to some unfortunate incident, and she is literally grabbed and moved around by several men. One of the most in
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This epistolary novel is told in a series of letters from and to Evalina. Evalina's birth was uncertain and unacknowledged by her father and therefore her place in society is also uncertain despite her popularity among the young men she is introduced to as she enters society for the first time. This novel has some great characters and is, as much as anything, a study of what makes a good man. I enjoyed reading this and will eventually get around to her other books.
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I understand that this being a prototype to Austin makes it very important. I also had a professor that brought this work very much to life. Still, I believe there were whole pages that I thumbed quickly through. Bit of trouble making a point, this one.
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