- Rare Books and Special Collections
- Burney family manuscripts collection
- Novels, plays and poems :
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Novels, plays and poems :
1 PDFMS Burney-0031
- Held by
- Rare Books and Special Collections via McGill University Archival Collections
- Dates
- 1790 or 1791 (indexed as 1790–1791)
- Level
- item
- Scope & content
- Autograph manuscript of: Novels, plays and poems : written for the instruction of people of all ages by Sophia Elizabeth Burney, aged 13 years old. Manuscript is written in cursive hand in brown ink on laid paper (horizontal chainlines with watermark visible in the fold). At the bottom of the title page is a dedication: "Humbly dedicated without permission to Mrs. d'Arblay" (the author's aunt, Fanny Burney d'Arblay). Page [24] contains a verse Address to the Readers. The manuscript is bound in its original contemporary brown paper wrappers (detached), with the manuscript title "Volume 1st" on the cover. Manuscript contains a number of compositions, including, "The History of Blind Jack, A pathetic tale", "The Unlawful Marriage, A Tale", "Murder Prevented, A Comedy". "Murder Committed, A Tragedy", "The Adventures of a Boy", and "Pennsylvania, the Orphan of the Hovel. A Novel."
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- Creator
- Burney, Sophia Elizabeth, 1777-1856
- Extent
- 24 unnumbered pages ; 20.5 x 16.8 cm
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T16:13:35Z · source datestamp 2023-05-24T18:51:00Z · ead
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