Frances Burney (Author) , Peter Sabor (is a professor at McGill University.) , Geoffrey Sill (is a professor at Rutgers University)

'Of particular interest...is the appendix, which lists the literary allusions in these plays and, once again, reminds us of Burney's subtle message about a woman's education. Her own knowledge of literature was clearly vast... Sabor and Sill offer a broader interpretation of Burney's diverse literary oeuvre and a more layered understanding of "the protean [Frances] Burney."' Eighteenth-Century Studies

• Chapter 1 The Witlings; Chapter 2 The Woman-Hater;