Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay

About this film

LibriVox recording of Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Read in English by Barbara Baker An review essay of "Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay". The Edinburgh Review, January, 1843. Reprinted in vol. iii of Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays. " Hundreds of remarkable persons had passed in review before her....The account which she has given of the King's [George III] illness contains much excellent narrative and description, and will, we think, be as much valued by the historians of a future age as any equal portion of Pepys's or Evelyn's Diaries..." Her novels were "the precursors" of those of Jane Austen. - Summary by barbara2 For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (77MB)

Directors & creators

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Frances Burney; fanny burney; madame d'arblay; english novelists

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