The Diary and Letters of Mme. D’Arblay (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Frances Burney
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Epistolary journal
- Principal Characters: Fanny Burney, Mme d’Arblay, Esther Sleepe Burney, Dr. Charles Burney, Charles, Susanna (“Suzy”) Elizabeth, Charlotte Ann, Elizabeth Burney, Sarah Harriet (“Hetty”), Sally, Stephen Allen, Maria Allen, Elizabeth Allen, General Alexandre d’Arblay, Mrs. Hester Thrale Piozzi, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, King George III, Queen Charlotte, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Madame de Stael, David Garrick, Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary, Letters
- Subjects: History, Music or musicians, Writing, Paris, London, Widows or widowers, French Revolution, Monarchy
From the first entry in the diary of a sixteen-year-old girl to the last letter written by an old lady seventy-one years later, Fanny Burney’s record of her experiences covers an enthralling range of personalities and events. As a daughter in the talented household of Dr. Charles Burney, the first music historian, a literary young woman in Dr. Johnson’s London, a lady-in-waiting at the court of King George III, the wife of a French exile after the Revolution, a resident in Paris during the Empire, and finally a lonely widow in Jane Austen’s Bath, Fanny Burney d’Arblay was a...
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