How have I never read this book before? All those years of reading Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope, and now here is the dark side. Not only does Evelina have to worry about how she can dance when she hasn't been introduced to any of the gentleman -- but also she has to spend all of her first ball being persecuted by someone she declined to dance with. She's always getting separated from her friends in public places, and then being harassed by predatory men. Or is that one of the "satirical" parts -- is Fanny Burney making fun of the idea that a beautiful young woman is always in danger of being dishonored when she goes into society? I can't tell. Amusing and horrifying.