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Fanny Burney, 1752-1840 Burneys first and most famous novel, Evelina, was published secretly with the assistance of her brother Charles, who, in disguise, took the manuscript to the bookseller. Evelina appeared in January 1778 and quickly sold out four editions within the year, but its true author was not revealed until six months after the novels publication. Burney and her female contemporaries were able to side-step some of the obstacles that barred them from literary endeavors by publishing in genres lacking in prestige, such as the increasingly popular but low-status novel.
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