Frances Burney
Burney was the first major female novelist to focus on the social education and marriage prospects of young women in polite society. Her influence on Austen is incalculable, and her diaries are among the finest literary memoirs of the period.
Works
- EvelinaNovel of young woman entering society and navigating courtship with romantic complications
- CeciliaNovel of woman struggling with debt and honor while navigating London high society
- CamillaNovel of young woman's mistakes and emotional growth through romantic and social experience
- The WandererNovel of female refugee seeking asylum across multiple nations amid political turmoil