Complete Plays of Frances Burney

ebook Volume 1: Comedies. Volume 2: Tragedies

By Frances Burney

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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)

Complete Plays of Frances Burney