i didn’t expect this to be one of my favourite books but it absolutely floored me how much i loved it. from the first letter to the last, i was captured by frances burney’s writing and, of course, our beloved evelina. i’m so happy i had to read this for uni, i enjoyed it so, so much. we love to see evelina go through the world learning to be more self-assured and mature, and we absolutely love to see lord orville by a completely enamoured, lovesick puppy. more men being stupidly in love please!! romance novels of these days cannot recreate evelina and orville’s friendship and love.