8 Diary and Letters, i. 42. See also Madame D'Arblay [Frances Burney], Memoirs of Doctor Burney, 3 vols. (London: Edward Moxon, 1832), ii. 148; Burney observes in a footnote 'Sir Walter Scott was then a child', reminding us that during ...
Although published anonymously, its authorship was revealed by the poet George Huddesford in what Burney called a "vile poem".The novel opens with a distressed letter from Lady Howard to her longtime acquaintance, the Reverend Arthur ...
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Reproduction of the original: Evelina by Fanny Burney
A Norton Critical Edition classic, recommended for students and general reader alike.
A work by turns hilarious and grim, Evelina tells the story of a young woman’s education in the ways of the world, vividly rendering life in eighteenth-century England.
The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 3 of 5)
The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 4 of 5)
The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 5 of 5)
The Wanderer; Or, Female Difficulties (Complete)
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This two-volume set of the comedies and tragedies of Frances Burney (1752-1840) reveals her remarkable, yet little-known, talent as a dramatist.
The Complete Plays of Frances Burney: Tragedies
Regarded as the runaway bestsellers of their time, the novels of the eighteenth century author Fanny Burney had a lasting influence on the development of the novel and the history of English literature.
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THE historian of human life finds less of difficulty and of intricacy to develop, in its accidents and adventures, than the investigator of the human heart in its feelings and its changes.
The novel illustrates the feelings that arise out of desire. It propounds on simple human emotions and comments on how the fire of craving destroys the individual. Burney delves into the theme that ambition destroys its possessor.
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