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...
Friends, Associates
Frances Burney
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...
