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Number 82 on The Guardian’s 100 Best Nonfiction Books list is The Diary of Fanny Burney (1778). Robert McCrum, associate editor of the Observer, argues that “Fanny Burney’s acutely observed memoirs open a window on the literary and courtly circles of late 18th-century England.” To accompany The Guardian’s choice, we revisit five volumes of The Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney from the MQUP catalogue. Covering the period of 1768-1783, these volumes offer a brilliant portrait of eighteenth-century English life and manners from the pen of a major British novelist.
This first volume complements Joyce Hemlow’s Oxford edition of Burney’s letters and journals from 1791 to 1840 (12 vols., Oxford, 1972-84). While the early journals have been printed before, Lars Troide’s edition will provide the first full text of Fanny’s early journals, accompanied by thorough and accurate annotations which fully explicate the context in which the journals were written.
The second volume of this critical edition of the early journals and letters of Fanny Burney brings us to the eve of her sudden fame as the author of Evelina. With the publication of each volume of this edition, the full texts of Burney’s early journals and letters are, for the first time, made available in their original state.
This third volume of a critical edition of Burney’s journals and letters covers the period from January 1778 to December 1779. It reveals Burney’s striking transformation to a “celebrity” as she is welcomed into London’s literary society, and her mixed delight and terror at this reception.
Volume four, covering the years 1780-1781, will be of particular interest to students of Burney as it marks the young author’s introduction into the world following the astonishing success of her novel Evelina (1778) and includes her visits to Streatham and her encounters with Hester and Henry Thrale and Dr Johnson.
Volume five covers a period of significant gains and losses for the young writer. Professionally, Burney consolidated her reputation as England’s premier novelist with the publication of Cecilia.
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