Early Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney, Volume 2

The years 1774-77 saw Fanny Burney''s increasing occupation with Evelina, which she finally completed and presented to the publisher Thomas Lowndes. Like her novel, the journals and letters of this period reveal her artistic powers, as she continues to sketch characters with economy and precision and create convincing narratives out of the events of her life. Among the more memorable figures she m...