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Frances Burney
Complete Plays of Frances Burney [PDF ebook]
Volume 1: Comedies. Volume 2: Tragedies

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In the plays, as in her novels, Burney satirizes the social conventions and pretensions of her day. The Witlings (1779), her first play, is a biting satire on the Bluestockings; it was never performed, however, for fear of a possible scandal. The violent, the grotesque, and the macabre also figure strongly in her writings. Contents Volume 1: The Comedies Introduction Chronology The Witlings (1778-80) Love and Fashion (1798-99) A Busy Day (1800-02) The Woman-Hater (1800-02) Volume 2: The Tragedies Edwy and Elgiva (1788-95) Hubert de Vere (1790-97) The Siege of Pevensey (1790-91) Elberta (1791-1814) Appendix: The Triumphant Toadeater (1798)

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 783 ● ISBN 9780773565555 ● Publisher MQUP ● Published 1995 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5835641 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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