In essence, Evelina is written on the borders of most other 18 th century novels, which took the form of a letter. Her father’s insensible act should not have come as a surprise for Burney since she had “encountered” the same male dominance through the characters in Evelina. Although the Drury Lane Theatre accepted the play, Burney’s father prevailed against the actor-manager not to screen the play since he considered it improper for a woman to write plays for the theater. Several years after the novel was published, Burney wrote The Witlings, which provided humorous representations of enlightened women in the society. Immediately after the publication of Evelina, Fanny Burney tried her hand in playwriting, but her father would not let her realize her dream. Indeed, this male domination led men to act in insensible ways. When she wrote her celebrated novel titled Evelina, she had to publish it anonymously since she was afraid that the book would not meet her father’s expectations. Burney herself was a victim of the male domination that characterized life in the 18 th century. Burney, who was born in 1752 and died in 1840, wrote several novels, which highlighted women’s role in a male-dominated world. Frances Burney is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated women writers of the 18 th century.
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