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Title: Camilla

       or, A Picture of Youth

Author: Fanny Burney

Release Date: August 29, 2012 [EBook #40619]

Language: English

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Produced by Delphine Lettau, Mary Meehan and the Online

FANNY BURNEY

Camilla

OR

A Picture of Youth

CONTENTS

CAMILLA, OR A PICTURE OF YOUTH

DEDICATION

3

ADVERTISEMENT

5

VOLUME I

BOOK I

I.

A Family Scene

7

II.

Comic Gambols

14

III.

Consequences

26

IV.

Studies of a grown Gentleman

33

V.

Schooling of a young Gentleman

41

VI.

Tuition of a young Lady

44

VII.

Lost Labour

49

BOOK II

I.

New Projects

53

II.

New Characters

60

III.

A Family Breakfast

78

IV.

A Public Breakfast

82

V.

A Raffle

96

VI.

A Barn

109

VII.

A Declaration

112

VIII.

An answer

117

IX.

An Explication

123

X.

A Panic

125

XI.

Two Lovers

133

XII.

Two Doctors

139

XIII.

Two Ways of looking at the same Thing

147

XIV.

Two Retreats

152

XV.

Two Sides of a Question

157

VOLUME II

BOOK III

I.

A few kind Offices

163

II.

A Pro and a Con

173

III.

An Author's Notion of Travelling

180

IV.

An internal Detection

189

V.

An Author's Opinion of Visiting

197

VI.

An Author's Idea of Order

206

VII.

A Maternal Eye

215

VIII.

Modern Ideas of Duty

222

IX.

A Few Embarrassments

230

X.

Modern Ideas of Life

238

XI.

Modern Notions of Penitence

244

XII.

Airs and Graces

249

XIII.

Attic Adventures

257

BOOK IV

I.

A few Explanations

266

II.

Specimens of Taste

274

III.

A few Compliments

283

IV.

The Danger of Disguise

291

V.

Strictures on Deformity

299

VI.

Strictures on Beauty

305

VII.

The Pleadings of Pity

311

VIII.

The disastrous Buskins

317

IX.

Three Golden Maxims

324

VOLUME III

BOOK V

I.

A Pursuer

333

II.

An Adviser

338

III.

Various Confabulations

343

IV.

A Dodging

351

V.

A Sermon

355

VI.

A Chat

362

VII.

A Recall

369

VIII.

A Youth of the Times

375

BOOK VI

I.

A Walk by Moonlight

386

II.

The Pantiles

391

III.

Mount Ephraim

400

IV.

Knowle

408

V.

Mount Pleasant

419

VI.

The accomplished Monkies

427

VII.

The Rooms

438

VIII.

Ways to the Heart

446

IX.

Counsels for Conquest

453

X.

Strictures upon the Ton

462

XI.

Traits of Character

469

XII.

Traits of Eccentricity

482

XIII.

Traits of Instruction

490

XIV.

A Demander

496

XV.

An Accorder

503

XVI.

An Helper

512

VOLUME IV

BOOK VII

I.

The right Style of Arguing

521

II.

A Council

525

III.

A Proposal of Marriage

531

IV.

A Bull-Dog

535

V.

An Oak Tree

541

VI.

A Call of the House

547

VII.

The Triumph of Pride

555

VIII.

A Summons to Happiness

561

IX.

Offs and Ons

570

X.

Resolutions

576

XI.

Ease and Freedom

583

XII.

Dilemmas

590

XIII.

Live and Learn

596

BOOK VIII

I.

A Way to make Friends

604

II.

A Rage of Obliging

612

III.

A Pleasant Adventure

621

IV.

An Author's Time-keeper

628

V.

An agreeable Hearing

633

VI.

Ideas upon Marriage

642

VII.

How to treat a Defamer

646

VIII.

The Power of Prepossession

655

IX.

A Scuffle

661

X.

A Youthful Effusion

669

XI.

The Computations of Self-Love

679

XII.

Juvenile Calculations

685

VOLUME V

BOOK IX

I.

A Water Party

695

II.

Touches of Wit and Humour

710