id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-britannica-com-7445 Fanny Burney | Biography & Facts | Britannica .html text/html 1499 152 68 Fanny Burney | Biography & Facts | Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fanny-Burney Fanny Burney, byname of Frances d'Arblay, née Burney, (born June 13, 1752, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England—died January 6, 1840, London), English novelist and letter writer, who was the author of Evelina, a landmark in the development of the novel of manners. It was to "Daddy" Crisp that she addressed her first journal letters, lively accounts of the musical evenings at the Burneys' London house where the elite among European performers entertained informally for gatherings that might include David Garrick, Dr. Johnson, Edmund Burke, and Richard Sheridan. Her practice of observing and recording society led eventually to her novel Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. …was that of the novelist Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay); it was published in 1842–46. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. ./cache/www-britannica-com-7445.html ./txt/www-britannica-com-7445.txt