"The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1" by Fanny Burney is a compilation that chronicles the author's life and thoughts in the 1700s. We meet Frances Burney, famed for novels like "Evelina", as she maneuvers the complicated social life inside literacy circles and the royal court. The collection offers a deep look at the social atmosphere of the time, displaying her time spent with important people like Dr. Johnson and King George III. Burney's early life is described, sharing her upbringing in a family of musicians as well as her early interest in writing. It also captures the moment she finds overnight fame with the release of her first novel, "Evelina", as she balances her fame and the changes in her social life. We also learn about her future issues with courtly life, where her goal of writing clashed with royal duties. This creates an image of a young woman battling against her writing dreams and the limitations of her community, while paving the way for greater understanding in the future.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1
By Fanny Burney
Experience the life of a rising novelist as she faces literary success and royal expectations in 18th-century England.
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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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