The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney: Volume V, 1782-1783
The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney: Volume V, 1782-1783
LARS E. TROIDE
STEWART J. COOKE
Copyright Date: 2012
Published by: McGill-Queen's University Press
Pages: 528
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The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney: Volume V, 1782-1783
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Volume V of The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney covers a period of significant gains and losses for the young writer. Professionally, Burney consolidated her reputation as England's premier novelist with the publication of Cecilia. Through a mutual friendship she gained an appointment as Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte, a position that provided both financial security and an insider's view to life at Court. Burney's professional success during these years was balanced by countless personal setbacks. Deprived of the companionship of her favourite sister following her sister's marriage, she also lost the friendship of Hester Lynch Thrale who grew increasingly distant during her romantic attachment to Gabriel Piozzi (whom she married in 1784). The death of her dear friend and mentor Samuel Crisp causes Burney deep sadness, and her emotional turmoil is further exacerbated by her introduction to George Owen Cambridge, a young clergyman to whom she is clearly attracted but who refuses to either declare himself to her, or leave her in peace. Throughout these trials and triumphs, Burney - an artist with an acute sense of the complexities and vagaries of human nature - never ceases to fix her lens on the fashions and follies of English society as they emerge in the manners of her time.

eISBN: 978-0-7735-8676-5
Subjects: History
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-vii)
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (pp. viii-viii)
  4. INTRODUCTION
    INTRODUCTION (pp. ix-xii)

    This fifth volume concludes theEarly Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (1768–1783),under the general editorship of Lars Troide. It is succeeded by theCourt Journals and Letters (1786–1791), under the general editorship of Peter Sabor, published by Oxford University Press. There will also be an additional volume covering the period 1784–June 1786, when Burney was being considered for her position at Court as Keeper of the Robes to Queen Charlotte, and a supplementary volume of hitherto unpublished material.

    The years 1782 and 1783 were years of significant gains and losses for Frances (‘Fanny’) Burney, both...

  5. SHORT TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS
    SHORT TITLES AND ABBREVIATIONS (pp. xiii-xvi)
  6. EARLY JOURNALS AND LETTERS OF FANNY BURNEY from c.3 January 1782 to late December 1783–early January 1784, Numbers 228–324
    EARLY JOURNALS AND LETTERS OF FANNY BURNEY from c.3 January 1782 to late December 1783–early January 1784, Numbers 228–324 (pp. 1-470)

    How sweet & kind & good you are to write to me thus! — & how I do long tosee& thank You! — Your Chesington Letter arrived last Night, & a sweet one it is if it said nothing of thisarmbusiness, which, however, you have assured me since is better.¹

    I grieve about dear Dr. Johnson heartily, but will be sure to keepsecretthis cruel testimony of his mortality.² TheRidiculous Distresswould make an admirable Tragi-Comedy, in the old style, for the beginning is merelyFarcical, & however Tragic may be the be the 3dor...

  7. APPENDIX 1 UNDATED ITEMS FROM 1783
    APPENDIX 1 UNDATED ITEMS FROM 1783 (pp. 471-475)
  8. APPENDIX 2 FANNY BURNEY’S MEETING WITH MARY DELANY
    APPENDIX 2 FANNY BURNEY’S MEETING WITH MARY DELANY (pp. 476-484)
  9. APPENDIX 3 ELIZABETH MEEKE’S LETTER TO FANNY BURNEY
    APPENDIX 3 ELIZABETH MEEKE’S LETTER TO FANNY BURNEY (pp. 485-485)
  10. APPENDIX 4 FANNY BURNEY’S SECOND LETTER TO HESTER LYNCH THRALE ON 20 JULY 1781
    APPENDIX 4 FANNY BURNEY’S SECOND LETTER TO HESTER LYNCH THRALE ON 20 JULY 1781 (pp. 486-487)
  11. APPENDIX 5 EVELINA IN MR VILLARS’ STUDY
    APPENDIX 5 EVELINA IN MR VILLARS’ STUDY (pp. 488-488)
  12. INDEX
    INDEX (pp. 489-509)
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