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The satirical novelist, diarist and playwright- Frances Burney

6/1/2021

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On This Day 6 January 1840 Frances Burney died. A satirical novelist, diarist and playwright and daughter of Dr Charles Burney, a Streatham Worthy.

Fanny Burney was a good friend of Hester Thrale who lived at "Streatham Park" and regularly stayed at her house

Hester Thrale wrote the following to Fanny Burney:
"You would not know poor Streatham Park, I have been forced to dismantle and forsake it; the expenses of the present time treble those of the moments you remember; and since giving up my Welsh estate my income is greatly diminished. I fancy this will be my last residence in the world, meaning Clifton, not Sion Row, where I only live until my house in the Crescent is ready for me … The village of Streatham is full of rich inhabitants, the common much the worse for being spotted about with houses."

(extracts David Thrale)
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