Frances Burney

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18th-century writer English novelist diarist human letter writer novelist playwright

Frances Burney was an influential 18th-century English novelist, diarist, and playwright best known for works like "Evelina" that helped shape the development of the English novel.

Aliases (1)

Fanny Burney ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century writer → English novelist → diarist → human → letter writer → novelist → playwright →
alsoKnownAs	Fanny Burney →
child	Alexander d'Arblay →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1752-06-13 →
dateOfDeath	1840-01-06 →
employer	Court of George III →
ethnicGroup	English →
father	Charles Burney →
fullName	Frances Burney →
gender	female →
genre	comedy → diary → novel → tragedy →
influenced	19th-century English novel → Jane Austen → Maria Edgeworth →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mother	Esther Sleepe Burney →
movement	early Romanticism → sentimentalism →
name	Frances Burney →
notableFor	development of the English novel →
notableWork	Camilla → Cecilia → Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay → Evelina → The Wanderer → The Witlings →
occupation	courtier → diarist → novelist → playwright →
placeOfBirth	King's Lynn → Norfolk →
placeOfDeath	England → London →
positionHeld	Second Keeper of the Robes →
spouse	Alexandre d'Arblay →
workLocation	London →
wrote	Camilla → Cecilia → Evelina → The Wanderer → The Witlings → diaries → letters →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frances Burney ("Fanny Burney") →	alsoKnownAs
Frances Burney →	fullName
Frances Burney →	name
Henry Colburn →	notableAuthorPublished