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Camilla
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A major eighteenth-century novel of courtship, family pressure, youthful error, money, reputation, and social judgment.
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Camilla
Camilla follows Camilla Tyrold through love, misunderstanding, debts, family duty, and the strict social codes of late eighteenth-century England. Frances Burney combines sentimental fiction, comedy of manners, and sharp observation of women’s education, marriage markets, class anxiety, and reputation.
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Frances Burney died in 1840, and Camilla was first published in 1796. These dates support the public-domain basis for the original English text used in this edition.
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Camilla
Frances Burney
FANNY BURNEY
_Camilla_
OR
_A Picture of Youth_
MADAM,
That Goodness inspires a confidence, which, by divesting respect of terror, excites attachment to Greatness, the presentation of this little Work to Your Majesty must truly, however humbly, evince; and though a public manifestation of duty and regard from an obscure Individual may betray a proud ambition, it is, I trust, but a venial--I am sure it is a natural one.
* * * * *
In those to whom Your Majesty is known but by exaltation of Rank, it may raise, perhaps, some surprise, that scenes, characters, and incidents, which have reference only to common life, should be brought into so august a presence; but the inhabitant of a retired cottage, who there receives the benign permission which at Your Majesty's feet casts this humble offering, bears in mind recollections which must live there while 'memory holds its seat,' of a benevolence withheld from no condition, and delighting in all ways to speed the progress of Morality, through whatever channel it could flow, to whatever port it might steer. I blush at the inference I seem here to leave open of annexing undue importance to a production of apparently so light a kind--yet if my hope, my view--however fallacious they may eventually prove, extended not beyond whiling away an idle hour, should I dare seek such patronage?
With the deepest gratitude, and most heart-felt respect, I am,
MADAM,
Your MAJESTY'S
Most obedient, most obliged,
And most dutiful servant,
F. d'ARBLAY.
BOOKHAM,
June 28, 1796
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The Author of this little Work cannot, in the anxious moment of committing it to its fate, refuse herself the indulgence of expressing some portion of the gratitude with which she is filled, by the highly favourable reception given to her _TWO_ former attempts in this species of composition; nor forbear pouring forth her thanks to the many Friends whose kind zeal has forwarded the present undertaking:--from amongst whom she knows not how to resist selecting and gratifying herself by naming the Hon. Mrs. BOSCAWEN, Mrs. CREWE, and Mrs. LOCKE.
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- 01Full text
- 02ADVERTISEMENT
- 03VOLUME I
- 04BOOK I
- 05CHAPTER I
- 06CHAPTER II
- 07CHAPTER III
- 08CHAPTER IV
- 09CHAPTER V
- 10CHAPTER VI
- 11CHAPTER VII
- 12BOOK II
- 13CHAPTER I
- 14CHAPTER II
- 15CHAPTER III
- 16CHAPTER IV
- 17CHAPTER V
- 18CHAPTER VI
- 19CHAPTER VII
- 20CHAPTER VIII
- 21CHAPTER IX
- 22CHAPTER X
- 23CHAPTER XI
- 24CHAPTER XII
- 25CHAPTER XIII
- 26CHAPTER XIV
- 27CHAPTER XV
- 28VOLUME II
- 29BOOK III
- 30CHAPTER I
- 31CHAPTER II
- 32CHAPTER III
- 33CHAPTER IV
- 34CHAPTER V
- 35CHAPTER VI
- 36CHAPTER VII
- 37CHAPTER VIII
- 38CHAPTER IX
- 39CHAPTER X
- 40CHAPTER XI
- 41CHAPTER XII
- 42CHAPTER XIII
- 43BOOK IV
- 44CHAPTER I
- 45CHAPTER II
- 46CHAPTER III
- 47CHAPTER IV
- 48CHAPTER V
- 49CHAPTER VI
- 50CHAPTER VII
- 51CHAPTER VIII
- 52CHAPTER IX
- 53VOLUME III
- 54BOOK V
- 55CHAPTER I
- 56CHAPTER II
- 57CHAPTER III
- 58CHAPTER IV
- 59CHAPTER V
- 60CHAPTER VI
- 61CHAPTER VII
- 62CHAPTER VIII
- 63BOOK VI
- 64CHAPTER I
- 65CHAPTER II
- 66CHAPTER III
- 67CHAPTER IV
- 68CHAPTER V
- 69CHAPTER VI
- 70CHAPTER VII
- 71CHAPTER VIII
- 72CHAPTER IX
- 73CHAPTER X
- 74CHAPTER XI
- 75CHAPTER XII
- 76CHAPTER XIII
- 77CHAPTER XIV
- 78CHAPTER XV
- 79CHAPTER XVI
- 80VOLUME IV
- 81BOOK VII
- 82CHAPTER I
- 83CHAPTER II
- 84CHAPTER III
- 85CHAPTER IV
- 86CHAPTER V
- 87CHAPTER VI
- 88CHAPTER VII
- 89CHAPTER VIII
- 90CHAPTER IX
- 91CHAPTER X
- 92CHAPTER XI
- 93CHAPTER XII
- 94CHAPTER XIII
- 95BOOK VIII
- 96CHAPTER I
- 97CHAPTER II
- 98CHAPTER III
- 99CHAPTER IV
- 100CHAPTER V
- 101CHAPTER VI
- 102CHAPTER VII
- 103CHAPTER VIII
- 104CHAPTER IX
- 105CHAPTER X
- 106CHAPTER XI
- 107CHAPTER XII
- 108VOLUME V
- 109BOOK IX
- 110CHAPTER I
- 111CHAPTER II
- 112CHAPTER III
- 113CHAPTER IV
- 114CHAPTER V
- 115CHAPTER VI
- 116CHAPTER VII
- 117CHAPTER VIII
- 118CHAPTER IX
- 119CHAPTER X
- 120CHAPTER XI
- 121BOOK X
- 122CHAPTER I
- 123CHAPTER II
- 124CHAPTER III
- 125CHAPTER IV
- 126CHAPTER V
- 127CHAPTER VI
- 128CHAPTER VII
- 129CHAPTER VIII
- 130CHAPTER IX
- 131CHAPTER X
- 132CHAPTER XI
- 133CHAPTER XII
- 134CHAPTER XIII
- 135CHAPTER XIV
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