Evelina, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 21 relations: Baronet, Bristol, British nobility, E. P. Dutton, Earl, Epistolary novel, Everyman's Library, Frances Burney, George Huddesford, Hotwells, J. M. Dent, James Woodforde, Jane Austen, Legitimacy (family law), Maria Edgeworth, Novel, Romanticism, Satire, Sensibility, Sentimental novel, Ward (law).

2. 1778 novels
3. Novels set in Bristol

Baronet

A baronet (or; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (or; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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British nobility

The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry.

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E. P. Dutton

E.

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Earl

Earl is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom.

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Epistolary novel

An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of letters between the fictional characters of a narrative. Evelina and epistolary novel are epistolary novels.

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Everyman's Library

Everyman's Library is a series of reprints of classic literature, primarily from the Western canon.

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Frances Burney

Frances Burney (13 June 1752 – 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright.

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George Huddesford

Rev.

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Hotwells

Hotwells is a district of the English port city of Bristol.

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J. M. Dent

Joseph Malaby Dent (30 August 1849 – 9 May 1926) was a British book publisher who produced the Everyman's Library series.

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James Woodforde

James Woodforde (1740–1803) was an English clergyman, mainly in Somerset and Norfolk, remembered as the author of The Diary of a Country Parson.

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

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Legitimacy (family law)

Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce.

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Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature.

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Novel

A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Sensibility

Sensibility refers to an acute perception of or responsiveness toward something, such as the emotions of another.

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Sentimental novel

The sentimental novel or the novel of sensibility is an 18th- and 19th-century literary genre which presents and celebrates the concepts of sentiment, sentimentalism, and sensibility.

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Ward (law)

In law, a ward is a minor or incapacitated adult placed under the protection of a legal guardian or government entity, such as a court.

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See also

1778 novels

• Evelina
• Pan Podstoli
• The Old English Baron
• The Sylph

Novels set in Bristol

• A Respectable Trade
• Being Human novels
• Best Kept Secret (novel)
• Evelina
• Junk (novel)
• Love (Carter novel)
• Only Time Will Tell (novel)
• Several Perceptions
• Shadow Dance (novel)
• The Coroner (novel)
• The Silver Kiss

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelina

Also known as Brangtons, Evelina (novel), The Brangtons.