Frances Burney, The Wanderer, or, Female Difficulties

Justine Crump (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University), Emily Rohrbach (University of Durham)

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First circulation or publication 1814

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England (Country of Origin)

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Shortly after the publication of her third novel

Camilla

in 1796, Frances Burney discussed the work with three of the royal princesses, daughters of her former employers, George III and Queen Charlotte. The princesses praised her novel for its dissimiliarity to other recent works of fiction which, during the turbulent years following the French revolution, dwelt upon political subjects and participated in contemporary political debates. As Burney related in a letter to her father dated 6 July 1796, she explained to the princesses her decision to avoid this contentious topic in

Camilla

: “

Politics

were,

all ways

, left out: that once I had had an idea of bringing in such as suited

, – but that, upon second thoughts, I returned to my more native opinion they were not a

feminine

subject…

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Citation: Crump, Justine. "The Wanderer, or, Female Difficulties". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 February 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8085, accessed 22 November 2024.]

Frances Burney, The Wanderer, or, Female Difficulties

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