"Authors, English." . . "Women and literature England History 18th century." . . "Biography." . . "Femmes et littérature Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle." . . "Novelists, English." . . "Grande-Bretagne" . . . . "Women and literature." . . "Kvinnliga författare Storbritannien 1700-talet 1800-talet biografi." . . "Women novelists, English." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh." . . "1700 - 1899" . . "18th century." . . "Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography." . . "Courts and courtiers." . . "1700 - 1799" . . "Novelists, English 18th century Biography." . . "Great Britain" . . "Great Britain." . "England." . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . "Frances Burney : a literary life"@en . "Frances Burney : a literary life" . . . . . . . . . . . "France Burney : a literary life" . . "Frances Burney a literary life"@en . "Frances Burney a literary life" . . . . . . . . "Frances Burney was above all things a professional writer, many-sided and courageous. She often depicted herself as modest and fearful, but this was only part of her character and not the most important part. She embraced inconsistencies and changed with her times. Her eighty-seven years began in the reign of George II and ended five years after the accession of Queen Victoria. She was witness to George III's madness, the trial of Warren Hastings, and the carnage after Waterloo. In her private diaries she wrote about this and much else. She forced on the reading public themes they were scarcely ready to accept. Though she wrote mainly comedy, the subjects of her four novels and eight plays are intimate violence, the depredations of the new money, and the frustrations bordering on torment experienced by single, middle-class women. Because of her novels, said Edmund Burke, 'writing like a lady' had become a compliment any man would be proud to accept."@en . . . . "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 readers 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."@en . . . . . . . . "Biografieën (vorm)" . . . . . . . . . "Biographie" . . . . "Romanciers anglais 18e siècle Biographies." . . "Literature." . . "Femmes et littérature Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle." . . "Romanciers anglais 19e siècle Biographies." . . "Authors, English 18th century Biography." . . "Women novelists, English 18th century Biography." . .