The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778, Volume I: With a Selection from Her Correspondence and from the Journals of Her Sisters Susan and Charlotte Burney

"Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return."

-Frances Burney, The Early Diary of Frances Burney (1769)

The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778, Volume I (1889) began in Burney's teen years as her personal account of life in Georgian England but was later published posthumously. Scholars regard her diary as culturally important because the journals offer a firsthand, accurate depiction of English social life from a woman's perspective. She wrot...