"Fanny Burney and Her Friends: Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings," edited by L.B. Seeley, reveals the personal world of Frances Burney through her own writings, giving readers a peek into her life during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The collection showcases Burney's close relationships, her family's impact on her, and her growing skills as a writer. Readers follow Burney's early years, experiencing her challenges as an artist, her connections with society, and the things that inspired her as a writer and a person. Starting with her birth and family history, Burney tells of her childhood, focusing on her father, Dr. Charles Burney, her siblings, and her friends. It shows how she initially struggled with education but was naturally drawn to writing despite being shy; also, important people who helped her grow, like Samuel Crisp and David Garrick, are introduced, showing their essential influences while she explored her dreams of becoming a writer.
Fanny Burney and Her Friends: Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings
By Fanny Burney
Witness the evolution of a talented writer as she navigates family, society, and her own artistic journey in this collection of personal writings.
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About the AuthorFrances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. After a long writing career and wartime travels that stranded her in France for over a decade, she settled in Bath, England, where she died on 6 January 1840. The first of her four novels, Evelina (1778), was the most successful and remains her most highly regarded, followed by Cecilia (1782). Most of her stage plays were not performed in her lifetime. She wrote a memoir of her father (1832) and many letters and journals that have been gradually published since 1889, forty-nine years after her death.
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. After a long writing career and wartime travels that stranded her in France for over a decade, she settled in Bath, England, where she died on 6 January 1840. The first of her four novels, Evelina (1778), was the most successful and remains her most highly regarded, followed by Cecilia (1782). Most of her stage plays were not performed in her lifetime. She wrote a memoir of her father (1832) and many letters and journals that have been gradually published since 1889, forty-nine years after her death.
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