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by Frances Burney

A Busy Day is a love story. It is also a witty and well-observed satire on class and greed, from the most popular female writer of her time. The scene is London in the summer of 1800. In the course of just one busy day we are thrust into a world of frustrated love, mistaken identity, social snobbery, and downright vulgar bad manners.

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First published January 1, 1800

About the author

Also known as Fanny Burney and, after her marriage, as Madame d’Arblay. Frances Burney was a novelist, diarist and playwright. In total, she wrote four novels, eight plays, one biography and twenty volumes of journals and letters.

Reviews

[Cecilia · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was a farce written in 1800. Just as deep as you'd think. The interesting thing about it is that it's all about class and how class and financial position are different things. And how long is important to the young and class to the old. Amazing how themes stay the same over the centuries.