Evelina Anville

E943283

Evelina Anville is the naive yet perceptive young heroine of Fanny Burney’s 1778 epistolary novel, whose entrance into fashionable London society exposes her to its manners, morals, and social complexities.

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Evelina Anville canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epistolary heroine ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
novel protagonist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Evelina ⓘ
appearsInWork Evelina ⓘ
Evelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World ⓘ
linked to: Evelina
associatedWithGenre comedy of manners ⓘ
sentimental novel ⓘ
centralThemeRelation courtship and marriage ⓘ
entrance into society ⓘ
manners and morals ⓘ
characterTrait innocent ⓘ
modest ⓘ
naive ⓘ
perceptive ⓘ
sensitive ⓘ
communicatesWith Reverend Arthur Villars ⓘ
createdBy Fanny Burney ⓘ
linked to: Frances Burney

Frances Burney ⓘ
exploresTheme female education ⓘ
reputation and virtue ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
familyName Anville ⓘ
father Sir John Belmont ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1778 ⓘ
fullName Evelina Anville ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Evelina ⓘ
guardian Reverend Arthur Villars ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th-century literature ⓘ
loveInterest Lord Orville ⓘ
marries Lord Orville ⓘ
narrativeFormOfWork epistolary novel ⓘ
narrativePerspective letter writer ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
raisedBy Reverend Arthur Villars ⓘ
residenceAtStartOfNovel Berry Hill ⓘ
roleInWork protagonist ⓘ
settingContext fashionable London society ⓘ
socialClass gentry ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism on early English novels ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalUniverse 18th century ⓘ
visitsLocation Bristol Hotwells ⓘ
linked to: Bristol Harbourside

London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Evelina → mainCharacter → Evelina Anville ⓘ
Captain Mirvan → associatedWithCharacter → Evelina Anville ⓘ
Evelina Anville → fullName → Evelina Anville ⓘ