Cecilia, subtitled (and alternatively titled) Memoirs of an Heiress, is the second novel by English author Frances Burney, set in 1779 and published in 1782.
Cecilia is an heiress, but she can only keep her fortune if her husband will consent to take her surname. Fanny Burney's unusual love story and deft social satire was much admired on its first…
Saint Cecilia, one of the most famous virgin martyrs of the early church and the patron saint of music and musicians. According to tradition, she was first burned and then beheaded for distributing her possessions to the poor in 3rd-century…