Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… the friends or acquaintances with whom he [Dr Burney] associated in the world at large, would be nearly to ransack the Court Calendar, the list of the Royal Society, of the Literary Club, of all the assemblages of eminent artists; and … Sabor and Margaret A. Doody (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988). Both of these novels tend to be classified as ‘courtesy novels’ (Joyce Hemlow) or ‘novels of manners’ (Patricia Meyer Spacks) to indicate their concern with etiquette … snub on the part of her ‘superiors’, particularly during the time she was caught up in the world of Queen Charlotte’s Court, where she served as a Keeper of the Robes from 1786-1791. 9 . Joyce Hemlow, ‘Fanny Burney and the Courtesy Books’, …
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