My education was so long ago, that we didn't study Jane Austen. However,
even I heard of Fanny Burney's Evelina, if nothing else. We also looked at
Maria Edgeworth and Charlotte Smith. I did learn more about them and
Radcliffe when studying Northanger Abby. Such ignorance would make me
distrust the author.
Nancy
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Ellen wrote:
Thank you, Susan. What troubles me about all the reviews of this book
is they all begin with how the author had never heard of Burney.
Really? Radcliffe is treated as if she wrote very obscure stuff in
remote storage in research libraries.. How could Romney think so of
Radcliffe if she'd read up to p 3 of Northanger Abbey .
