Evelina Author:Fanny Burney "Fanny Burney's historical importance is undeniable," wrote Walter Allen in "The English Novel" of the author of "Evelina." "Her real strength was in social comedy...She caught in the lens of her malice all the London of her day that was fashionable or aspired to fashion." One of the first women novelists in England, she conveyed a strictly femi... more »nine view of society through the eyes of her young heroine, Evelina. This book was her first published work, in 1778.« less