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Esther Burney and daughter (also Esther) : 'works'

From chapter entitled 'Madame d'Arblay': 'Whilst her mother read Pope's works and Pitt's AEneid with her eldest daughter Esther, Fanny [Burney] sat by and listened, and learnt by heart the passages which her sister recited.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Burney and daughter (also Esther)     Print: Book

Esther Burney and daughter (also Esther) : Aeneid

From chapter entitled 'Madame d'Arblay': 'Whilst her mother read Pope's works and Pitt's AEneid with her eldest daughter Esther, Fanny [Burney] sat by and listened, and learnt by heart the passages which her sister recited.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Esther Burney and daughter (also Esther)     Print: Book

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