Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked
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- Vol I Chapter 1
- Vol I Chapter 2
- Vol I Chapter 3
- Vol I Chapter 4
- Vol I Chapter 5
- Vol I Chapter 6
- Vol I Chapter 7
- Vol I Chapter 8
- Vol I Chapter 9
- Vol I Chapter 10
- Vol I Chapter 11
- Vol I Chapter 12
- Vol I Chapter 13
- Vol I Chapter 14
- Vol I Chapter 15
- Vol I Chapter 16
- Vol I Chapter 17
- Vol I Chapter 18
- Vol I Chapter 19
- Vol I Chapter 20
- Vol1 Chapter 21
- Vol II Chapter 1
- Vol II Chapter 2
- Vol II Chapter 3
- Vol II Chapter 4
- Vol II Chapter 5
- Vol II Chapter 6
- Vol II Chapter 7
- Vol II Chapter 8
- Vol II Chapter 9
- Vol II Chapter 10
- Vol II Chapter 11
- Vol II Chapter 12
- Vol II Chapter 12b
- Vol II Chapter 13
- Vol II Chapter 14
- Vol II Chapter 15
- Vol II Chapter 16
- Vol II Chapter 17
- Vol II Chapter 18
- Vol II Chapter 19
- Vol II Chapter 20
- Vol II Chapter 21
- Vol II Chapter 22
- Vol II Chapter 23
- Vol II Chapter 24
Evelyn is a two-volume novel told in an epistolary style – alternating between letters from the point of view of a trusted, unmarried female friend of the young, naïve heroine of the novel and those of the feckless adventurer who decides that he must seduce the beautiful Evelyn.
The author, actress/novelist/playwright Anna Cora Mowatt, was a fan of the works of Fredericka Bremer (early feminist author, sometimes called the “Swedish Jane Austen”). This narrative is heavily influenced by that writer’s style. Like Mowatt’s hit comedy, “Fashion,” the plot centers on the misadventures of nouveau riche family social climbing in New York society of the late 1830’s. Whereas the play was comedy, the novel turns towards tragedy. The author still spices her narrative with strong doses of social satire, however, and gives us many revealing glimpses of everyday life of New Yorkers of the early 19th century.
- Summary by Kelly S. Taylor
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