Author Burney, Frances (Fanny), later Mme. d'Arblay Birthdate b. 1752, d. 1840 Filename burney-1768 Manuscript n/a Date of composition 1768 Genre DIARY PRIV Edition Ellis, Annie Raine. 1889. The early diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778. With a selection of her correspondence, and from the journals of her sisters Susan and Charlotte Burney. In two volumes. London: Bell. ESTC number Gale number Sample 1,4.1-1,37.2 Remarks The sample is essentially an exhaustive sample for 1768, the year that Burney began her diary; the last two paragraphs of the sample are the first paragraphs from the first entry for 1769.