A Simple Story by Mrs. Inchbald
"A Simple Story" by Mrs. Inchbald is a novel published in February 1791. This early "novel of passion" unfolds in two contrasting parts: first, the turbulent romance between spirited heiress Miss Milner and her stern guardian Dorriforth, a Catholic priest released from his vows; then, years later, the story of their rejected daughter Matilda, who must win back her father's love. Through these parallel tales, Inchbald explores the consequences of women's "fashionable"
education versus a more balanced approach to learning and virtue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 |
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| Editor | Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932 |
| LoC No. | 81473169 |
| Title | A Simple Story |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Simple_Story_(novel) |
| Credits | David Edwards, Marcia Brooks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Guardian and ward -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 22002 |
| Release Date | Jul 5, 2007 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 745 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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