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Article: PAPERBACKS; Fanny Burney: The Mother of English Fiction, by Nigel Nicolson (Short Books, ?4.99). (book review)
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2002
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TWO of the Standard's regular reviewers, Kate Chisholm and Claire Harman, have published substantial biographies of Fanny Burney in recent years; both are handsomely credited in this new life, which takes a quite different approach, aiming to give a sketch of Burney which can be enjoyed in a single sitting. In this, Nigel Nicolson succeeds admirably. Burney's life was long. Born in 1752, she published her first novel at 25; she was 41 when her only child was ...
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Article: Recognition for a lost literary voice; The Arts: With a memorial ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);
June 13, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... memory of Frances ( popularly known as Fanny) Burney is unveiled late this afternoon in Poets ... as politically correct as Ali G". Fanny Burney was born exactly 250 years ago on 13 ... Corner. Kate Chisholm is author of Fanny Burney: Her Life (Vintage). The dedication ...
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