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The Wanderer - Volume 4

Fanny Burney

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This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why did she board a ship from France to England at the beginning of the French revolution? Anyway, the loss of her purse made this strange "wanderer" dependent upon the charity of some good people and, of course, bad ones. But she always comforts herself by reminding herself that it's better than "what might have been..." This is not only a mystery, not at all. It's also a romance
e trimmed stuff dress over her cloaths, that made her look as if she were buried alive, and just the same as a ghost; and she was afraid all was not right; for she had made her help to place what she had called a pallet, for her drawing, upon the altar-table, and it looked just like a coffin; only it was covered over with paper. She had ordered that they should both go to an inn, and return for her, with the chaise, at eight o'clock. Neither of them knew what to make of all this; but so many out of the way things had passed, and nothing had come of them, that, still, they should have done only as they were bid, but that the lackey recollected two loaded pistols, which his lady had made him charge, upon the route, to frighten away robbers, by firing one of them off, she said, if they saw any suspicious persons dodging them: and these, which had been put carefully into the chaise, Golding had seen, in the hand of her mistress, in the church. This gave him such a panic, that he thought it safest to ride back to Madame Maple's, and tell the whole at once. All the family, upon this alarming news, set out for Brighthelmstone, the moment that the horses could be got ready: and, just as they arrived at the church, Elinor herself, had appeared, bursting from it into the porch.[Pg 559]

Her indignation at thus being followed and detected, had been terrible: Who, she asked, had any right to controul her? But that was nothing to her disturbance, when she found that Ellis had vanished. She grew so agitated, that it was frightful, Selina continued, to see her; and looked franticly about her, as if for means to destroy herself: and nothing could urge her to quit the church, or church-yard, whence she eagerly tried to command away all others; till Mr Harleigh had recourse to Mr Naird, who had alarmed her into submission. They had then brought her in a chaise, between Mrs Maple and t

Ruth 02/16/2015
A gripping, long tale on the order of Clarissa, a book I grieved to finish, and so was happy to find another.
RA Sci-Fi 11/11/2014
This is quite possibly my favorite novel. Ever. I re-read it all the time. That said, it's my favorite novel for weird reasons. People who are not all that intrigued by eighteenth-century literature by and about women probably won't like this. People who are more interested in the blood and riot of
Simon 10/12/2008
OK. This is loooooong. Has some interesting aspect: a bit of race stuff; husband's rights over an eloped wife; a 10-page or so philosophical discussion between two characters that is remarkably good, touches on many central points and shows Burney to be a worthy philosopher as well as novelist; conn
Virginia Mae 07/28/2008
A mysterious woman travels from France to England during the French revolution. She relies on random acquaintences to support her once she gets there, but refuses to tell anyone her name, who she is or anything about her. The point: who in "good society" would be willing to help a nameless woman in
Scarlettfish 12/08/2007
Underappreciated. Wonderful depiction of the limited opportunities available to women in late Georgian society. Also, very interesting politically, as Burney engages directly with the French Revolution and its effect on both French and British society. Not as funny as Burney's earlier efforts, but s

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