The third and forth of six volumes that will present in their entirety Frances Burney's journals and letters from July 1786, when she assumed the position of Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte, to her resignation in July 1791. Burney's later journals have been edited as The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay), 1791-1840 (12 vols., 1972-84). Her earlier journals have been edited as The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (4 vols. to date, 1988- ). The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney continues the modern editing of Burney's surviving journals and...
The third and forth of six volumes that will present in their entirety Frances Burney's journals and letters from July 1786, when she assumed the posi...
Contains two tales - "The Renunciation," which presents a colourful picture of life abroad, when an English girl travels to Italy in search of kin and supports herself as an artist, offering an early feminist heroine; and, "The Hermitage," a psychological thriller involving a ruined country maiden and an unsolved murder.
Contains two tales - "The Renunciation," which presents a colourful picture of life abroad, when an English girl travels to Italy in search of kin and...