Journals and letters
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Author
Contributions
- Sabor, Peter. - Contributor
- Troide, Lars E., 1942- - Contributor
Publication
2001 - Penguin, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
147,250 words, Guess
Page Count
589 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivejournalsletters00burn
- ISBN-100140436243
- ISBN-139780140436242
- Library of Congress Control Number2001277681
- OCLC Control Number46332352
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780140436242
- Open LibraryOL3970592M
Classifications
- DDC823/.6
- DDCB
- LCCPR3316.A4 Z468 2001
and 1 more
- LCCPR3316.A4Z468 2001
Description
Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters, beginning with the diary she started at fifteen and continuing until the end of her eventful life. From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d'Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars, she captured the changing times around her, creating brilliantly comic and candid portraits of those she encountered - including the 'mad' King George, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick and a charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. She also describes, in her most moving piece, undergoing a mastectomy at fifty-nine without anaesthetic. Whether a carefree young girl or a mature woman, Fanny Burney's forthright, intimate and wickedly perceptive voice brings her world powerfully to life.
Subjects
Topics
Places
People
Times
Genres
- Diaries
- Correspondence
Other Editions
- Journals and letters
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