Fanny Burney and Her Friends

Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings

Autori

• Frances Burney

Parametri

• 294 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Biografie e pensieri

Maggiori informazioni sul libro

Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney, was a prominent English novelist and playwright whose career spanned several decades. Notably, she served as "Keeper of the Robes" to Queen Charlotte and later married French General Alexandre d'Arblay. Her first novel, Evelina, released in 1778, achieved significant acclaim and remains her most celebrated work. Despite most of her plays going unperformed during her lifetime, her extensive writings, including a memoir of her father, letters, and journals, continue to be published and appreciated for their insight into her life and times.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2023