The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5) by Fanny Burney

"The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5)" by Fanny Burney is a novel published in 1814. Set during the 1790s Terror, it follows a mysterious woman who arrives in England refusing to reveal her identity. As she struggles to support herself independently, she faces society's harsh barriers against women seeking economic freedom. Moving from musician to milliner to seamstress, she descends through increasingly precarious positions while the wealthy exploit her labor. Her story exposes the tyrannical control the rich hold over the poor and the impossible difficulties confronting friendless women. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840
Title The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties (Volume 2 of 5)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Burney_novel)
Credits Produced by Delphine Lettau, Mary Meehan and the Online
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 62.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Historical fiction
Subject War stories
Subject Refugees -- Fiction
Subject France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Refugees -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 37438
Release Date
Last Update Sep 16, 2011
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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