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Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress | Frances Burney

Recommended background reading for Pride and Prejudice #PemberLittens

I've tagged the only really necessary one, but feel free to read any of the Edgeworth/Burney books.

Jenni @sprainedbrain can you tag any new members since reading Sense and Sensibility please?

Smarkies Thanks for suggesting this Jennifer! 4y

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Librarybelle Great suggested reading! 4y

BookmarkTavern Oh these look good! 4y

mollyrotondo Thank you for putting this list together! Evelina was really really great. I‘m glad I read that one a couple months ago. So I‘m looking forward to adding some more of these to my TBR. 4y

Chrissyreadit 👏🙌 4y

Mishu94 Thank you! 🤗 4y

sprainedbrain Absolutely! Apologies if anyone is tagged twice! 😘 @prairiegirl_reading @curiouser_and_curiouser @LitStephanie @mitch @CoffeeNBooks @sarahbookinterrupted @Revenge4bess @suvata @Qpri @rachael_reads @Andrea313 @MorePrejudiceThanPride @Mrs_B @MandellaL @inthegreensandblues @cewilf @Blackink_Whitepaper @Pemberley @sblbooks @catebutler @SarahJane564 @NomiReads @slategreyskies @alleyfam51699 @dana_says @Annie1215 @sb3626 @DAB 4y

Lcsmcat I think I‘m going to read

Waverley

CrowCAH I‘ve read the Mysteries of Udolpho; loved it! I should read a few more of these. Thanks for the recommendations! 4y

MoonWitch94 Oh thanks for these 🧡 4y

Deblovestoread Great list! 4y

Books4Ever Great list 😊I can‘t wait to get started 4y

MicrobeMom Thank you!! 4y

LeahBergen Thanks! I‘ve been meaning to read Burney for years! 4y

Blackink_WhitePaper @jenniferw88 thanks for these recommendations 💐I was not aware of many of these books. I am going to read Burney‘s books. @sprainedbrain You guys are doing amazing job !😍💐👍 4y

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kaysworld1

A History of Britain in 21 Women | Jenni Murray

pick

This book is a great little book I listened to it on audio.
There are some ladies in this book I don't agree with but the others it was nice to learn a bit more about them.
Last book of the readathon. @Andrew65
#superseptember #lastbook #readingthelibrary #librarybook #audiobook #readathon

TrishB I can see one on the front I don‘t agree with! (edited) 4y

Boooooks @TrishB same for me I‘m pretty sure most people round where I live hated Margaret Thatcher 😬 4y

Boooooks Looks interesting though I would like to find out more about Elizabeth I and Jane Austen and the impact they had 4y

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TrishB @Boooooks I‘m from Liverpool, there is definitely no one here that likes Thatcher! My son has a hoodie on today that says Still Hate Thatcher! 4y

kaysworld1 @TrishB the section on her is about her life and how she got started before becoming primeminister, it's interesting about who and how she got her nicknames. 4y

Andrew65 Love the sound of this book, but I hate Thatcher too. I did most of my Thatcher years in Brixton, London but last 4 years in Sunderland. Both areas had a LOT of hate for her. I was a very able child in school (always at top of each class for maths I was in) left with good O Levels and A Levels (going to same secondary school as Ken Livingstone - since demolished!) but still ended up on the dole queue! @TrishB @Boooooks (edited) 4y

Boooooks @TrishB similar here in St. Helens with our town used to be a mining town I‘m pretty sure there were a few parties when she died 😬 4y

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LauraBrook

Cecilia | Fanny Burney

After a couple of months of reading small chunks in bed, I‘ve finally turned a corner and am loving this. I read 120 pages of this last night and only stopped bc my eyes kept closing. Hoping to get tucked in to it again this afternoon.

Makes me want to reread Evelina, which was wonderful.

LeahBergen I still need to read Burney. One day! 4y

Tamra A chunkster!! 4y

LauraBrook @LeahBergen I‘m surprised you haven‘t read her yet! I predict you‘ll love her. 4y

LauraBrook @Tamra Absolutely! I‘m getting a work out holding this up all the time. (It‘s my favorite kind of workout.) 4y

readordierachel Love that feeling, when a book finally starts clicking 🙂 4y

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jenniferw88

Fanny Burney: Her Life | Kate Chisholm

so-so

One Bingo completed! Think I should get double points because it's a #femaleauthor writing about a female author 😂😂😂! 3 🌟

#TIL that St James's was used only for state occasions by George III; when in town, the Royal Family resided in the Queen's House at the end of the Mall, which had been bought by George III in 1762 and was later transformed into Buckingham Palace by his son.

#NFNov @rsteve388 @Clwojick

Review continued below

jenniferw88 77 +1 participation +3 #til +5 book completed = 86pts in total 4y

jenniferw88 The book is OK and a good intro to her life and work, although if you want analysis of the novels it's probably not one of the better choices. In fact it would probably be best to choose a book where she's compared to other writers at the time for this. 4y

jenniferw88 Also, the text is quite small so if you struggle to read the print, audio/ebook/large print might be the way to go. 4y

Clwojick 9 pt 4y

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jenniferw88

Fanny Burney: Her Life | Kate Chisholm

1. Of course I have pictures of my favourite Chasers saved on my phone! 😂😂😂

2. Quote from p26 of tagged book

3. 7 °C, cloudy and cold!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Eggs Great post!! 4y

Cathythoughts Jenny ! I must get your book back to you ..... coming soon ❤️👍🏻sorry for delay X 4y

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StayCurious

Journals and Letters | Frances Burney

@Eggs #spooktober For #breastcancerawarenessmonth my pick is author Frances Burney, who had breast cancer in 1811 and had a mastectomy - without anesthesia. She went on to live for another 29 years and wrote about her experience.

Kaila-ann 😱😱 that‘s impressive. 5y

KristenDuck Wow! I had never heard this before. 5y

Eggs Oh my word!! That‘s amazing 5y

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jenniferw88

Fanny Burney: Her Life | Kate Chisholm

And if I can get some of these read over #24b4Monday that will be great! @TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

julesG I still have to read Black and British. I liked Olusoga's TV documentary. He also had an appearance in an episode about black people in the Victorian era of

Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets

Andrew65 Some great choices, good luck with the Readathon. 😊👍 5y

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Leftcoastzen

Cecilia | Fanny Burney

#30JuneBooks #obsessedwith The World‘s Classics from Oxford University Press !

howjessicareads

erzascarletbookgasm Very nice collection! 💗 5y

Leftcoastzen @erzascarletbookgasm Thanks! I didn‘t drag them all out ,but they always catch my eye at the used bookstore. 5y

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CrowCAH

Journals and Letters | Frances Burney

Got my first Christmas gifts from author friend C.K. Brooke: leather bound journal with Pride and Prejudice-esque woman with butterfly dress and a check list for publishing!

mreads Beautiful journal ❤ 5y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love your journal ❤️ 5y

GripLitGrl Beautiful😍 5y

batsy It's lovely! 5y

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Weaponxgirl

A History of Britain in 21 Women | Jenni Murray

pick

Catchup, I listened to this over an extended period and really enjoyed it. It‘s a very personal selection and was read by the author. If you like these sort of anthologies then you shall enjoy, but there isn‘t a lot of deep analysis although I did learn some new things.

scripturient I thought that the author was such a bad audiobook narrator that I actually returned this to Audible. 🙈 6y

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