Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1

by Fanny Burney

"Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1" by Fanny Burney is a novel published in 1782. Twenty-year-old Cecilia Beverley inherits a fortune with one condition: her future husband must take her surname. Navigating London society under the care of three flawed guardians, she encounters fortune hunters, schemers, and social pretenders. As she struggles between duty and desire, a mysterious white domino at a masquerade captures her attention, leading to unexpected complications in her carefully constrained world.