Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… feats as part of Hester and Henry Thrale’s literary salon at Streatham, where she even learned Latin with Dr Samuel Johnson , if only briefly. A comedy she composed at this time, The Witlings , centres on the literary circles of the day, …
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