Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… the provinces or the metropolis. Thanks to local book clubs and circulation libraries, literature could be harvested for self-improvement even in a cottage. Accordingly, Burney praised public libraries which enabled readers from all stations … of eminent artists; and almost every other list that includes the celebrated or active characters, then moving, like himself, in the vortex of public existence ( Memoirs , II, 1). 2 . Amy Louise Erickson, ‘Esther Sleepe, Fan-Maker, and Her … position with a vengeance. The Wanderer tells the story of a nameless young woman trying to make a living for herself, and even though the – at first seemingly French – heroine turns out to be the long-lost daughter of a British …
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