The Wanderer

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"The Wanderer" is a 1814 novel by Frances Burney that explores themes of identity, social class, and female autonomy against the backdrop of the French Revolution and English society.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
addresses class prejudice in English society
women’s work and financial independence
xenophobia and attitudes toward foreigners
alternateTitle The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties
author Frances Burney
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores constraints on women in patriarchal society
effects of revolution on private life
tension between personal desire and social duty
firstPublisherCountry United Kingdom
genre historical novel
novel of manners
romantic fiction
social novel
hasAuthorGender female
hasCentralConflict a woman’s struggle for autonomy within restrictive social norms
hasFemaleLead true
hasForm prose fiction
hasMedium print
hasProtagonist Juliet Granville
hasStructure multi-volume novel
hasTitleCharacter Juliet Capulet
surface form: the wanderer (Juliet/heroine)
historicalContext post-French Revolutionary period
isSetDuring Reign of Terror
language English
literaryMovement early feminist fiction
literaryPeriod Romantic era
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOfAuthorOeuvre later works of Frances Burney
precededBy Camilla
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationStatus published
publicationYear 1814
settingCountry England
France
settingPeriod French Revolution
targetAudience adult readers
theme economic dependence
female autonomy
gender roles
identity
marriage
national identity
political upheaval
social class
social mobility

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Frances Burney notableWork The Wanderer
Frances Burney wrote The Wanderer