Evelina or a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World
I’m happy that we are finished our readings, and I will remain a happy girl if I don’t need to read another epistolary novel in my time…not that it’s terrible…it just gets, shall we say, flat after awhile.
Evelina’s innocence, in my opinion, is her main mode of attraction to all these upper class gentlemen. Her faux-pas remain the charm of this novel, that and her ever protective father figure, Mr. Villars. I think that Burney wanted to convey a certain amount of corruption within the “societal” figures in this novel – making them seem ridiculous a lot of the time, like Mr. Lovel for example.
Characters in this novel keep speaking about how educated Evelina is, but is she really that educated? I suppose if you consider the standards of being educated socially, but even held to the academic standards of today…I’m not so sure if Evelina would successfully pan out.
Anyhow, I hope everyone drives safely in the snow and has a Merry Christmas!!!
