Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, Volume 3: The Streatham Years: Part 1, 1778-1779
β Scribed by Lars E. Troide; Steward J. Cooke
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 500
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
At the beginning of 1778 twenty-five-year-old Fanny Burney was an unknown. By year's end, however, she had emerged as the author of Evelina, or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World, a universally acclaimed novel which admirers ranked with the works of Fielding and Richardson.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
SHORT TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS
EARLY JOURNALS AND LETTERS OF FANNY BURNEY: from post 10 January 1778 to 14 December 1779, Numbers 48β103
APPENDICES
1. Dr Charles Burney and Gregg's Coffee House
2. Charles Burney Jr's Lines on Evelina
INDEX
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
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