first edition
1846 · London
by [Burney, Frances]; Madame D'Arblay; [Barrett, Charlotte]
London: Henry Colburn, 1846. Very good.. First edition of the legendary journal of the author of EVELINA, CECILIA, and CAMILLA — numbered among Jane Austen's favorite novels, and a significant influence on her own — this epochal publication marking Burney's transition from acclaimed novelist to famous diarist. Before she became a famous novelist, Frances Burney was a dedicated diarist. The 1842-6 publication of THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY (using Burney's married name) was a tremendous turning point: widely discussed by critics, popularly read and frequently reprinted, with the result that Burney's reputation transformed from that of a major (truncated)