Burney (d'Arblay), Fanny

Burney (d'Arblay), Fanny
orig. Frances Burney

born June 13, 1752, King's Lynn, Norfolk, Eng.
died Jan. 6, 1840, London

English novelist.

The self-educated daughter of Charles Burney, she wrote lively accounts of his social musical evenings. Her habit of recording observations of society led to Evelina (1778), an epistolary novel about an unsure young girl's social development; a landmark in the evolution of the novel of manners, it pointed the way to Jane Austen's novels. Her later novels include Cecilia (1782) and the potboiler Camilla (1796).

Fanny Burney, detail of an oil painting by her brother, E.F. Burney; in the National Portrait ...

By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London

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  • Burney — /berr nee/, n. 1. Charles, 1726 1814, English organist, composer, and music historian. 2. his daughter, Frances or Fanny (Madame D Arblay), 1752 1840, English novelist and diarist. * * * (as used in expressions) Burney Charles Burney d Arblay… …   Universalium

  • fanny — /fan ee/, n., pl. fannies. Informal. the buttocks. [1925 30; of obscure orig; relation, if any, to Brit. fanny vulva (vulgar) is unclear] * * * (as used in expressions) Brice Fanny Burney d Arblay Fanny Cerrito Fanny Elssler Fanny Fanny Wright *… …   Universalium

  • Burney — (as used in expressions) Burney, Charles Burney (d Arblay), Fanny Frances Burney …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Fanny — (as used in expressions) Brice, Fanny Burney (d Arblay), Fanny Cerrito, Fanny Elssler, Fanny Fanny Wright …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Fanny Burney — Frances Burney (1752 – 1840) ou Fanny Burney, devenue Madame d’Arblay par son mariage, est une femme de lettres et romancière anglaise. Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Burney —   [ bəːnɪ],    1) Charles, britischer Musikforscher, Organist und Komponist, * Shrewsbury 7. 4. 1726, ✝ Chelsea (heute zu London) 12. 4. 1814; Organist verschiedener Kirchen in London; unternahm 1770 und 1772 Reisen nach Frankreich und Italien,… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Burney — [bʉr′nē] Fanny (born Frances Burney; married name Madame d Arblay) 1752 1840; Eng. novelist & diarist …   English World dictionary

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  • Burney, Fanny — ▪ British author byname of  Frances d Arblay , née  Burney  born June 13, 1752, King s Lynn, Norfolk, England died January 6, 1840, London  English novelist and letter writer, daughter of the musician Charles Burney (Burney, Charles), and author… …   Universalium

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