Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… Burney, ‘Fanny Burney’,c.1785, © National Gallery Portrait of London, NPG 2634. Résumé The many-volume publication of Frances Burney’s diaries and journals situates her as one of the leading chroniclers of eighteenth-century sociability. … Mots-clés Fiction Masquerade Memoirs Theatre Women Best known as a novelist and chronicler of London’s literary circles, Frances Burney was in fact born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, in 1752, and spent the first eight years of her life there. Some … of musicians, artists, and actors. The most famous international musicians of their time – such as Lucrezia Agujari, Francesco and his daughter Jenny Barsanti or Gaspare Pacchierotti – performed for free at the Burney’s, discussing music …
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