Camilla Tyrold, the warm and impulsive daughter of a Hampshire rector, is loved by Edgar Mandlebert, whose cautious tutor urges him to observe her conduct before he speaks. Around them crowd a doting uncle, a sister scarred by smallpox, a reckless brother and a parade of balls, raffles and public breakfasts where every misstep is noticed.
The long comic-moral novel Jane Austen praised by name in Northanger Abbey, for readers who want the world just before Austen. Download the free EPUB.