Cecilia
- First published
- 1782
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1" by Fanny Burney is a novel published in 1782. Twenty-year-old Cecilia Beverley inherits a fortune with one condition: her future husband must take her surname. Navigating London society under the care of three flawed guardians, she encounters fortune hunters, schemers, and social pretenders. As she struggles between duty and desire, a mysterious white domino at a masquerade captures her attention, leading to unexpected complications in her carefully constrained world.
- Inheritance and succession
- England
- Young women
- Love stories
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #6346. Cecilia on Wikipedia.
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