Author:Frances Burney

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Frances Burney
(1752–1840)

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English novelist, diarist, and playwright; daughter and biographer of Charles Burney; half-sister of Sarah Harriet Burney.

Works

Novels

Evelina, or: a Young Lady's Entrance into the World, 1778
- First Edition (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3)
- Second Edition (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3)
- Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1898)
Cecilia, 1782
Camilla, 1796 (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties, 1814 (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Non-fiction

Brief Reflections Relative to the French Emigrant Clergy, 1793.
Memoirs of Doctor Burney, London: Moxon, 1832.

Journals and letters

The Early Diary of Frances Burney 1768-1778 (1889), in 2 vols., edited by Annie Raine Ellis IA 1, IA 2
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay (1904), edited by Austin Dobson
The Diary of Fanny Burney (1971), edited by Lewis Gibbs
Dr. Johnson & Fanny Burney (1912), edited by Chauncey Brewster Tinker IA
The Journal and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay) 1791-1840 (1972-1984), in 12 vols. Vols. I-VI, ed. Joyce Hemlow, with Patricia Boutilier and Althea Douglas; Vol. VII, eds. Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom; Vol. VIII, ed. Peter Hughes; Vols. IX-X, ed. Warren Derry; Vols. XI-XII, ed. Joyce Hemlow with Althea Douglas and Patricia Hawkins

Plays

The Witlings, 1779, (satiric comedy). [1]
Edwy and Elgiva, 1790, (verse tragedy). Produced at Drury Lane, 21 March 1795.
Hubert de Vere, 1788-91? (verse tragedy).
The Siege of Pevensey, 1788-91? (verse tragedy).
Elberta, (fragment) 1788-91? (verse tragedy).
Love and Fashion, 1799, (satiric comedy).
The Woman Hater, 1800-1801, (satiric comedy).
A Busy Day, 1800-1801, (satiric comedy).

Works about Burney

"D'Arblay, Frances," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Arblay, Frances," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"D'Arblay, Frances," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1875–1889)
"D'Arblay, Frances," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Arblay, Madame D'," in A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography (pp. 56−59), (ed.) by H. G. Adams, London: Groombridge and sons (1857)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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