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: announcement of publication of Evelina
'In January, 1778, Mrs. Burney [Frances Burney's stepmother], who was glancing over the newspaper at the breakfast table, read aloud the advertisement of a new book, "Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World." Thus Fanny learned that her book was out.'