Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Sensibility, Etiquette, and Appearances
Gender, Reputation, and Marriage
Inheritance, Class, and Nobility
Innocence, Guidance, and Experience
Summary
Analysis
Mr. Villars writes to Evelina and says that he will immediately send Mrs. Clinton to fetch her from London and bring her back to Berry Hill, instead of sending her to stay with the Mirvans at Howard Grove. He cannot wait to see her any longer and hopes that, once she is back in her childhood home, she will feel her peace and happiness return.
Berry Hill, Evelina’s childhood home, symbolizes her innocence, youth, and purity, which Mr. Villars worries her trip to the city will damage. Although Evelina has now spent time away from home, Mr. Villars hopes that she is still innocent and virtuous and has not been corrupted by city life.
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