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Frances Burney became known by which other surname after marriage?

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d'Arblay is the married surname of Frances Burney, an English novelist, diarist, and playwright of the 18th century. After marrying Alexandre d'Arblay, a French artillery officer and émigré, in July 1793, she adopted the surname d'Arblay and became known as Madame d'Arblay.
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