Adopt an Author is a Special Study Unit in which third-year undergraduates choose to focus on a relatively unknown writer and two of her works, supplementing the material in CW³ (Corvey Women Writers on the Web).

This project focuses on Sarah Harriet Burney (1772-1844)

Claire Murley's Adopt an Author material comprises:

Biography of Sarah Harriet Burney

Plot Synopsis of Clarentine (1796)

Plot Synopsis of The Shipwreck (1816-20)

Plot Synopsis of Country Neighbours (1816-20)

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