Frances Burney was a British novelist, born 1752, died 1840. Her first novel, Evelina, was published anonymously in 1778, and was wildly popular. Its author was soon discovered. She became a friend of Samuel Johnson and other literary figures of London. Burney's novels greatly influenced Jane Austen. She married General Alexandre d'Arblay, a refugee from France, and they had one son.
Fanny Burney wrote:
- Novels
- Evelina, or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World - 1778
- Cecilia, or, Memoirs of an Heiress - 1782
- Camilla, or, A Picture of Youth - 1796
- The Wanderer, or, Female Difficulties - 1814
- The Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay - 1842
- Plays
- The Witlings, 1779
- Edwy and Elgiva, 1790
- Hubert de Vere, 1788
- The Siege of Pevensey, 1788
- Love and Fashion, 1799
- The Woman Hater, 1800
- A Busy Day, 1801
- Nonfiction
- Brief Reflections Relative to the French Emigrant Clergy, 1793
- Memoirs of Doctor Burney
- The Journal and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay) 1791 - 1840