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What was Frances Burney's second novel?

  • Cecilia

  • The Wanderer

  • Camilla

  • Evelina

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Certainly. Cecilia was Frances Burney’s second novel, published in 1782. It tells the story of a young woman named Cecilia Beverley who, after her father's death, is left in the care of her aunt and uncle. Cecilia is a kind and intelligent young woman, but she is also naive and inexperienced in the ways of the world.
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