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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
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
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The Wanderer was Fanny Burney’s last novel, and, in my opinion, her magnum opus. It was published in 1814, years after her third novel, Camilla (1796). She had started it soon after Camilla, but it was set aside when she turned to plays in order to earn more money to support her family.
There are so
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
Magnificent for its powerful depictions of what Burney terms “female difficulties,” also the novel’s subtitle. Burney’s heroine, a wanderer, struggles to survive and maintain her personal safety and dignity in a world inimical to women’s financial and moral independence. Persecutors abound. I loved
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
Fanny Burney’s last novel, The Wanderer, or Female Difficulties was published in 1814, the same year as Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, and Walter Scott’s Waverley. I think it’s fair to say that it has not stood the test of time quite as well as its year-mates. It’s a consummate example of a “loose ba
A gripping, long tale on the order of Clarissa, a book I grieved to finish, and so was happy to find another.
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
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