Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… vast circles of artistic acquaintances, both to catch up on their education and to visit rehearsals, exhibitions, or plays in the company of musicians, artists, and actors. The most famous international musicians of their time – such as … Press, 1990-2013). 5 . See e.g. Peter Sabor’s introduction to Peter Sabor and Geoffrey M. Sill (eds.), The Complete Plays of Frances Burney, 2 vols. (Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995). Both Frances’s first and … sociability for the first time, thus giving latter-day readers a good introduction to eighteenth-century conversations, plays, masquerades, balls, and notions of fun, though tinged with a moral preference for domestic activities on the part …
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