- English novelist and diarist
- her novels are much admired by Jane Austen and center around the entry into the world of a young, beautiful, intelligent but inexperienced girl
Evelina
Characters:
- Evelina
- Sir John Belmont
- Mr. Villars
- Mrs. Mirvan
- Lord Orville
- Madame Duval
- Sir Clement Willoughby
Plot summary:
- Evelina is abandoned by her father, Sir John Belmont, who thought that he would receive a fortune from marriage.
- Evelina's mother dies in childbirth and she is raised by Mr. Villars, her guardian
- Evelina grows up to be a beautiful and intelligent young woman
- She travels to London to visit a friend, Mrs. Mirvan, and is introduced to society.
- Evelina falls in love with Lord Orville but her relatives, in particular her vulgar grandmother, Madame Duval, and the attentions of Sir Clement Willoughby, all frustrate her happiness.
- To attain her proper position in London society, Evelina's friends contact Sir Belmont to get him to acknowledge his daughter.
- Belmont announces that he has had his daughter with him since her mother's death, but that child is revealed to be the nurse's own child.
- Belmont recognizes Evelina and she marries Lord Orville in the end.
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