Sarah Burney | |
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 Portrait of Sarah Burney, c. 1790 | |
| Born | Sarah Burney 29 August 1772 King's Lynn, England |
| Died | 8 February 1844 (aged 71) Cheltenham, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Relatives | Frances Burney (half-sister) James Burney (half-brother) Charles Burney (father) |
Sarah Harriet Burney (29 August 1772 – 8 February 1844) was an English novelist. She was the daughter of the musicologist and composer Charles Burney and half-sister of the novelist and diarist Frances Burney (Madame d'Arblay).[1][2] She had some intermittent success with her novels.
- ^ "The Burney Family. Biographical Notes". In: The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame d'Arblay) Vol. 1. 1791–1792. Edited by Joyce Hemlow et al. (London: OUP, 1972)
- ^ Humphreys, Jennett (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.