Among those whom FB
met through the Thrales' hospitable house at Streatham were members of the Bluestocking circle. Through Hester Chapone
she met Mary Delany
, and a real friendship developed despite the more than...
Residence
Frances Burney
The D'Arblays lived their early married life extremely frugally. They began by boarding at a farm-house, then in September 1793 rented a long, narrow cottage, The Hermitage, at Great Bookham in Surrey. There their...