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| Name: |
Fanny Burney | | Birth Date: |
1752 | | Death Date: |
1840 | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
novelist, diarist |
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 Biography of Fanny Burney
413 words, approx. 1 pages
 The English novelist and diarist Fanny Burney (1752-1840) was one of the most popular novelists of the late 18th century. She was also an important chronicler of English manners, morals, and society. Fanny Burney, originally named Frances, was the... summary from source:
 Biography of Fanny Burney
5,328 words, approx. 18 pages
 Frances Burney is an important British comic novelist: she is one of the first of the women writers whose names have been repeatedly alluded to in literary histories, inscribed in biographical dictionaries, and remembered by a reading public. Yet the... 
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 Fanny Burney Quotes
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Frances Burney , also known as Fanny Burney and after marriage as Madame d'Arblay , ( 13 June 1752 — 6 January 1840 ), was an English novelist, poet, diarist, and playwright. Sourced To have some account of my thoughts, manners, acquaintance and... summary from source:
Fanny Burney Quotes
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For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Burney, Fanny Summary
28,599 words, approx. 95 pagesBurney's best known novel Evelina; or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World (1778), is an early comedy of manners that depicts the coming-of-age of a young woman subject to the whims of irresponsible men and the restrictions of English...
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 New Criterion The life and times of Fanny Burney.
11/01/1999: 5,441 words, approx. 18 pages My sister then played another duet with my father; but Dr. Johnson was so deep in the Encyclopedie that, as he is very deaf, I question if he even knew what was going forward. When this was over, Mrs. Thrale in a laughing... summary from source:
The New Leader Fanny Burney: A Biography.(Review) (book review)
07/01/2001: 1,399 words, approx. 5 pages Fanny Burney: A Biography By Claire Harman Knopf. 448 pp. $30.00. "TO THE AUTHORS of the monthly land critical reviews: Gentlemen, The liberty which I take in addressing to you the trifling production of a few idle hours, will, doubtless, move your...
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Joyce Hemlow
10,845 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following essay, Hemlow chronicles the historical context that prompted Burney's writing Cecilia.
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Critical Essay by Joanne Cutting-Gray
8,403 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Cutting-Gray claims that Evelina's writing serves as a means of transcending societally imposed restrictions on women.
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