Though Frances Burney's novels significantly influenced writers such as Jane Austen, Austen satirizes the genre in her own novel Northanger Abbey , writing of it: 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the...
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Though Frances Burney's novels significantly influenced writers such as Jane Austen, Austen satirizes the genre in her own novel Northanger Abbey , writing of it: 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the
Title; Contents; BOOK I; Chapter I A Family Scene; Chapter II Comic Gambols; Chapter III Consequences; Chapter IV Studies of a Grown Gentleman; Chapter V Schooling of a Young Gentleman; Chapter VI Tuition of a Young Lady; Chapter VII Lost Labour; BOOK II; Chapter I New Projects; Chapter II New Characters; Chapter III A Family Breakfast; Chapter IV A Public Breakfast; Chapter V A Raffle; Chapter VI A Barn; Chapter VII A Declaration; Chapter VIII An Answer; Chapter IX An Explication; Chapter X A Panic; Chapter XI Two Lovers; Chapter XII Two Doctors
Chapter XIII Two Ways of Looking at the Same ThingChapter XIV Two Retreats; Chapter XV Two Sides of a Question; BOOK III; Chapter I A Few Kind Offices; Chapter II A Pro and a Con; Chapter III An Author's Notion of Travelling; Chapter IV An Internal Detection; Chapter V An Author's Opinion of Visiting; Chapter VI An Author's Idea of Order; Chapter VII A Maternal Eye; Chapter VIII Modern Ideas of Duty; Chapter IX A Few Embarrassments; Chapter X Modern Ideas of Life; Chapter XI Modern Notions of Penitence; Chapter XII Airs and Graces; Chapter XIII Attic Adventures; BOOK IV
Chapter I A Few ExplanationsChapter II Specimens of Taste; Chapter III A Few Compliments; Chapter IV The Danger of Disguise; Chapter V Strictures on Deformity; Chapter VI Strictures on Beauty; Chapter VII The Pleadings of Pity; Chapter VIII The Disastrous Buskins; Chapter IX Three Golden Maxims; BOOK V; Chapter I A Pursuer; Chapter II An Adviser; Chapter III Various Confabulations; Chapter IV A Dodging; Chapter V A Sermon; Chapter VI A Chat; Chapter VII A Recall; Chapter VIII A Youth of the Times; BOOK VI; Chapter I A Walk by Moonlight; Chapter II The Pantiles; Chapter III Mount Ephraim
Chapter IV KnowleChapter V Mount Pleasant; Chapter VI The Accomplished Monkies; Chapter VII The Rooms; Chapter VIII Ways to the Heart; Chapter IX Counsels for Conquest; Chapter X Strictures Upon the Ton; Chapter XI Traits of Character; Chapter XII Traits of Eccentricity; Chapter XIII Traits of Instruction; Chapter XIV A Demander; Chapter XV An Accorder; Chapter XVI An Helper; BOOK VII; Chapter I The Right Style of Arguing; Chapter II A Council; Chapter III A Proposal of Marriage; Chapter IV A Bull-Dog; Chapter V An Oak Tree; Chapter VI A Call of the House; Chapter VII The Triumph of Pride
Chapter VIII A Summons to HappinessChapter IX Offs and Ons; Chapter X Resolutions; Chapter XI Ease and Freedom; Chapter XII Dilemmas; Chapter XIII Live and Learn; BOOK VIII; Chapter I A Way to Make Friends; Chapter II A Rage of Obliging; Chapter III A Pleasant Adventure; Chapter IV An Author's TimeKeeper; Chapter V An Agreeable Hearing; Chapter VI Ideas Upon Marriage; Chapter VII How to Treat a Defamer; Chapter VIII The Power of Prepossession; Chapter IX A Scuffle; Chapter X A Youthful Effusion; Chapter XI The Computations of Self-Love; BOOK IX; Chapter I A Water Party
