THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY

By Frances Burney


With Notes By W. C. Ward,

And Prefaced By Lord Macaulay's Essay.

Volume 1 (of 3)

(1778-1787.)



“The Cream Of The Diarists And Memoir Writers”

CONTENTS


DETAILED CONTENTS

PREFACE.

MADAME D'ARBLAY, BY LORD MACAULAY.


DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY.


SECT. 1 (1778.)

MISS BURNEY PUBLISHES HER FIRST NOVEL AND FINDS HERSELF FAMOUS.

“EVELINA” AND THE MYSTERY ATTENDING ITS PUBLICATION.

A FIRST VISIT TO MRS. THRALE AND AN INTRODUCTION To DR. JOHNSON.

FANNY BURNEY INTERVIEWS HER PUBLISHER.

CONVERSATIONS WITH MRS. THRALE AND DR. JOHNSON.

DR. JOHNSON ON SOME “LADIES” OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE

A LEARNED MAN ON “EVELINA.”

CURIOSITY REGARDING THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA.”

THE MEMBERS OF DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD.

ANTICIPATED VISIT FROM MRS. MONTAGU.

FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO A CELEBRATED “BLUE-STOCKING.”

DR. JOHNSON'S COMPLIMENTS AND GROSS SPEECHES.

SUGGESTED HUSBANDS FOR FANNY BURNEY.

A STREATHAM DINNER PARTY.


SECT. 2 (1779)

THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA” IN SOCIETY:

A QUEER ADVENTURE.

AN EVENING AT SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S

FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO SHERIDAN.

AN ARISTOCRATIC RADICAL OF THE LAST CENTURY.

MR. MURPHY, THE DRAMATIST.

A BEAUTY WEEPING AT WILL,

MR. MURPHY'S CONCERN REGARDING FANNY BURNEY'S COMEDY.

A SCENE ON THE BRIGHTON PARADE.

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