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with: Falle, George G.; ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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In Two Volumes. With A Selection From Her Correspondence, And From The Journals Of Her Sisters Susan Charlotte Burney. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: With a Selection From Her Correspondence and From the Journals of Her Sisters Susan and Charlotte Burney; Volume: 1; Original Published by: G. Bell and sons in 1907 in 444 pages; Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Women Authors; ... Read more

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Publisher: Boston, Little, BrownPublication date: 1910Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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" The position Frances Burney (1752-1840) holds as a novelist, journalist, and letterwriter is now undisputed, thanks to reevaluations of the canon in recent years. Yet Burney was always intrigued by, and wrote for, the stage. Though only of the Burney's dramas was performed in her lifetime, Barbara Darby places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, challenging past assertions about Burney that were based entirely on her novels and journals. Darby maintains that in exposing the failure of such practices and institutions as courtship, marriage, family, government, and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in the depth of their social commentary. In her four comedies and four tragedies, Burney uses stage space, dialogue, blocking, and gesture to highlight the ways power is distributed among society's members. According to Darby, these plays show that the eighteenth-century female experience was dominated by physical, psychic, and emotional regulation that included bodily punishment and the limitation of personal choice. Placing Burney alongside other prominent female playwrights of the period, Darby brings to light a substantial body of work, revealing that Burney's drama was not a casual sideline to her novel writing. Frances Burney, Dramatist, expands our appreciation of the extent to which eighteenth-century women playwrights used the stage as a forum.

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Publisher: Little, Brown, and Co.; Publication date: 1902; Subjects: Biography ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: Robert Brothers; Publication date: 1880; Subjects: English diaries; English letters; Biography ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Emphasizing Frances Burney's professionalism and her courage, Janice Farrar Thaddeus shows the many-sided writer who recognized her abilities and exercised them, always carefully shaping her career. Though she often depicted herself as retiring, even fearful, Burney forced on her reading public themes they were scarcely ready for, flamboyantly mixing genres, writing comically about intimate violence. Not content in old age to be merely a literary icon, she privately recorded with increasing clarity the moments when the world lacerates the self. ... Read more

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"The Wanderer" or "Female Difficulties" is the tale of a penniless emigree from revolutionary France trying to earn her living in England while guarding her own secrets. Combining the best elements of the Gothic and historical novels, this work is an extraordinary piece of Romantic fiction. Burney's tough comedy offers a satiric view of complacent middle-class insularity that echoes Godwin and Wollstonecraft's attacks on the English social structure. The problems of the new feminism and of the old anti-feminism are explored in the relationship between the heroine and her English patroness and rival, the Wollstonecraftian Elinor Joddrel, and the racism inherent within both the French and British empires is exposed when the emigree disguises herself as a black woman. This edition is fully annotated with appendices on the French Revolution, race relations, amusements and geography, and a previously unpublished manuscript revealing the connection between "The Wanderer" and "Camilla". ... Read more

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disapointed in amazon
The version of THE WANDERER being sold is published by General Books, LLC.It is not the version that the good reviews are referring to.The version by General Books, LLC is section 3 only, full of typos and extratanious marks.I have now learned how important it is when reading a review to check that the publication they are referring to is the same one being sold. EVELINA, CECEILA and CAMILLIA by Oxford Classics are wonderful and I give them 5 stars, but this version of THE WANDERED is unreadable.

Do NOT buy this book
Amazon.com sells only volume 3 of this 5 volume novel: useless unless you already have volumes 1 and 2 and 4 and 5.

A Truly Involving Tale Well-Told
Fanny Burney does not disappoint in this, her final novel.The issues seem surprisingly fresh and almost contemporary, the characters are unforgettable, and the travels and trials of "Miss Ellis" offer glimpses into many different aspects of society in England and in France during the time period of the French Revolution.

William Hazlitt hated this book, but what did he know?Read it and enjoy!

Heavy book, light reading
Well, as with Burney's other novels, don't let the length scare you.The focus of this book is centered on "female difficulties" as the subtitle indicates, rather than a romantic relationship which many Jane Austen fans might be looking for.The romance is definitely there, so don't worry, but the more interesting part of the book is the interplay between one woman, an Incognito, and the people she encounters and must depend on for her survival.The prejudices she encounters and the female snobbery and male disrespect keep the plot relevant to modern readers' interests.It is really a travel/adventure story about a woman who starts out with nothing (in order to hide herself from danger) and runs into various people and mini-plots along the way. There are a few length philosophical debates between some of the characters at some parts of the book, but they don't weigh down the light style of the rest of the novel.This book really made me think about how others perceive a person and how their opinions, unfortunately, are often based solely upon reputation and prejudices.

It Pays to Listen to Your Literary Spouse: Enjoy a classic!
My wife waxed rhapsodic over the prose and poetry inherent in Fanny Burney's neglected classic The Wanderer.The narrativ tells an exciting story of the French Revolution era even though the action occurs mainly in England.The "Incognita" is a fascinating character who moves through English society as a subordinate to the rich and cruel society folk with whom she is forced by circumstances to live."Miss Ellis endures the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunate to triumph over her enemies at last. Burney's prose is musical and her sentences flow with insight into the human condition.As a friend of Hesther Thrale
she was influenced by that excellent writer.Her father was the famed musician Dr. Charles Burney a close friend of Dr. Johnson. If you want to look at a classic of early feminism and encounter one female difficulty after another this is a good place to begin.
I liked the novel so well I am now engrossed in Burney's second novel "Cecilia" with her first work "Evelina" on my reading list.
Fanny Burney is an excellent new author to explore and be enriched by as you loose yourself in her voluminous pages!
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