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Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress

The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love.

Jane Austen referred to Cecilia and other novels in her novel, Northanger Abbey: “'And what are you reading, Miss — ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. 'It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda'; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best–chosen language. The title of Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have been inspired by a passage at the end of Cecilia: “remember: if to pride and prejudice you owe your miseries, so wonderfully is good and evil balanced, that to pride and prejudice you will also owe their termination.” (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Karen Merline)

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Book I Chapter 01: A Journey (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 02: An Argument (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 03: An Arrival (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 04: A Sketch of High Life (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 05: An Assembly (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 06: A Breakfast (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 07: A Project (Nikki Sullivan)
Book I Chapter 08: An Opera Rehearsal (Missie)
Book I Chapter 09: A Supplication (Missie)
Book I Chapter 10: A Provocation (Missie)
Book I Chapter 11: A Narration (Missie)
Book II Chapter 01: A Man of Wealth (Chris Jones)
Book II Chaper 02: A Man of Family (Samantha Di Piero)
Book II Chapter 03, Pt. 1: A Masquerade (kristiface)
Book II Chapter 03, Pt. 2: A Masquerade (Dawn)
Book II Chaper 04: An Affray (Dawn)
Book II Chapter 05: A Fashionable Friend (Amanda Hindman)
Book II Chapter 06: A Family Party (Amanda Hindman)
Book II Chapter 07: An Examination (valli)
Book II Chapter 08: A Tete-a-Tete (valli)
Book III Chapter 01: An Application (Janna)
Book III Chapter 02: A Perplexity (Janna)
Book III Chapter 03: An Admonition (Janna)
Book III Chapter 04: An Evasion (valli)
Book III Chapter 05: An Adventure (Dawn)
Book III Chapter 06: A Man of Genius (Dawn)
Book III Chapter 07: An Expedient (valli)
Book III Chapter 08: A Remonstrance (Christine Blachford)
Book III Chapter 09: A Victory (Christine Blachford)
Book IV Chapter 01: A Complaint (Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014))
Book IV Chapter 02: A Sympathy (Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014))
Book IV Chapter 03: A Conflict (Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014))
Book IV Chapter 04: An Expectation (valli)
Book IV Chapter 05: An Agitation (Janna)
Book IV Chapter 06, Pt. 1: A Man of the Ton (Janna)
Book IV Chapter 06, Pt. 2: A Man of the Ton (Janna)
Book IV Chapter 07: A Reproof (Janna)
Book IV Chapter 08: A Mistake (Janna)
Book IV Chapter 09: An Explanation (Janna)
Book IV Chapter 10: A Murmuring (Janna)
Book V Chapter 01: A Rout (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 02: A Broad Hint (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 03: An Accomodation (Bereni)
Book V Chapter 04: A Detection (Bereni)
Book V Chapter 05: A Sarcasm (Bereni)
Book V Chapter 06: A Surmise (Bereni)
Book V Chapter 07: A Bold Stroke (MorganScorpion)
Book V Chapter 08: A Miser's Mansion (Ezwa)
Book V Chapter 09: A Declaration (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 10: A Gamer's Conscience (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 11: A Persecution (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 12, Pt. 1: A Man of Business (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 12, Pt. 2: A Man of Business (Amanda Hindman)
Book V Chapter 13: A Solution (Amanda Hindman)
Book VI Chapter 01: A Debate (MorganScorpion)
Book VI Chapter 02: A Railing (MorganScorpion)
Book VI Chapter 03: An Antique Mansion (valli)
Book VI Chapter 04: A Rattle (MorganScorpion)
Book VI Chapter 05: A Storm (MorganScorpion)
Book VI Chapter 06: A Mystery (MorganScorpion)
Book VI Chapter 07: An Anecdote (Amanda Hindman)
Book VI Chapter 08: A Conference (Amanda Hindman)
Book VI Chapter 09: An Attack (Amanda Hindman)
Book VI Chapter 10: A Retreat (Dawn)
Book VI Chapter 11: A Worry (Linda McDaniel)
Book VII Chapter 01: A Renovation (Bridget Gaige)
Book VII Chapter 02: A Visit (Bereni)
Book VII Chapter 03: An Incident (Bereni)
Book VII Chapter 04: A Proposition (Raerity)
Book VII Chapter 05: A Letter (Linda Lee Paquet)
Book VII Chapter 06: A Discussion (Linda Lee Paquet)
Book VII Chapter 07: A Retrospection (Linda Lee Paquet)
Book VII Chapter 08: An Embarassment (Edith Phern)
Book VII Chapter 09: A Torment (Bereni)
Book VIII Chapter 01: An Interruption (Julie VW)
Book VIII Chapter 02: An Event (Julie VW)
Book VIII Chapter 03: A Consternation (Michelle Crandall)
Book VIII Chapter 04: A Perturbation (Bereni)
Book VIII Chapter 05: A Cottage (Bereni)
Book VIII Chapter 06: A Contest (Dawn)
Book VIII Chapter 07: A Message (Michelle Crandall)
Book VIII Chapter 08: A Parting (valli)
Book VIII Chapter 09: A Tale (valli)
Book VIII Chapter 10: A Shock (valli)
Book IX Chapter 01: A Cogitation (valli)
Book IX Chapter 02: A Surprize (valli)
Book IX Chapter 03: A Confabulation (valli)
Book IX Chapter 04, Pt. 1: A Wrangling (valli)
Book IX Chapter 04, Pt. 2: A Wrangling (Bereni)
Book IX Chapter 05: A Suspicion (Michelle Crandall)
Book IX Chapter 06: A Disturbance (Bereni)
Book IX Chapter 07: A Calm (Bridget Gaige)
Book IX Chapter 08: An Alarm (Bridget Gaige)
Book IX Chapter 09: A Suspense (Raerity)
Book IX Chapter 10: A Relation (Raerity)
Book IX Chapter 11: An Enterprise (Becca B)
Book X Chapter 01: A Discovery (Neeru Iyer)
Book X Chapter 02: An Interview (Sarah Prusoff)
Book X Chapter 03: A Summons (Frances Marcinkiewicz)
Book X Chapter 04: A Deliberation (Frances Marcinkiewicz)
Book X Chapter 05: A Decision (Frances Marcinkiewicz)
Book X Chapter 06: A Prating (Dawn)
Book X Chapter 07: A Pursuit (Bereni)
Book X Chapter 08: An Encounter (valli)
Book X Chapter 09: A Tribute (valli)
Book X Chapter 10, Pt. 1: A Termination (Michelle Crandall)
Book X Chapter 10, Pt. 2: A Termination (Michelle Crandall)
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