Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… by then bygone days of sociable eighteenth-century life: Burney, by now the widowed Mme d’Arblay, praised the literary salons of her youth for promoting freedom of speech, controversial ideas, and even conflict, contrasting them to what she … circles of the day, but because family and friends considered it dangerously close to a satire on the bluestocking salons, she was advised to suppress it. 5 4 . The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, 5 vols, eds Lars E. Troide … by then bygone days of sociable eighteenth-century life: Burney, by now the widowed Mme d’Arblay, praised the literary salons of her youth for promoting freedom of speech, controversial ideas, and even conflict, contrasting them to what she …
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