Evelina

I absolutely love Burney's "Evelina". It reminds me of a soap opera; there's always something dramatic going on, there's a love story, and there are characters that always go at it with eachother. I can't help but laugh at the relationship between Madam Duval and the Captain. They're both so cruel to eachother; yet for some odd reason I can't help but like Duval and hate the Captain. The fact that he's so threatening and disrespectful to women disgusts me. True, there are times in which Duval deserves to be yelled at and put in her place; but I don't think either of these characters have to degrade themselves by spitting at eachother and threatening to hit the other. Lord Orville is my favorite character. Although he doesn't really say much in the book, his actions and his character in and of itself to me represent the most perfect man! ... Sadly there is no such thing as the perfect man [nor the perfect woman] but if there was such a thing, Lord Orville would be it! He reminds me of Mcdreamy from Grey's Anatomy. As for Evelina, i greatly disagree with those who say she's a snob. Just because she's embarrassed by her cousins when being accompanied withthem in the theater doesn't make her a snob. I'm pretty sure everyone's felt that way before when someone in their familyhas done something embarrassing; I know I have. And just because she refused to dance with a man of the upper class at her first party,doesn't make her a snob either! Maybe we keep thinking about how disrespectful it was because of the time period the novel takes place in. Nowadays if a creepy looking guy asks you to dance at a club, you pretend you don't speak English or that you have a boyfriend! Overall, this has definitely been my favorite book we have read this semester.