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When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of his religious vocation and 18th-century British society's standards of proper womanly behavior. Like other women writers of her time, Elizabeth Inchbald concentrates... Read Full Overview

A Simple Story by the actress, playwright and novelist Elizabeth Inchbald has remained enduringly popular and almost continuously in print since its first publication in 1791.

In scenes charged with understated erotic tension it tells the stories of the flirtatious... Read Full Overview

After its publication in early 1791, A Simple Storywas widely read in England and abroad, going into a second edition in March of the same year. The novel's young heroine, Miss Milner, scandalously declares herself in love with her guardian, Dorriforth, a Catholic priest. Dorriforth... Read Full Overview

Elizabeth Simpson was born on 15th October 1753 at Stanningfield, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Despite the fact that she suffered from a debilitating stammer she was determined to become an actress.

In April 1772, Elizabeth left, without permission, for London to pursue... Read Full Overview

A classic novel of love and family, A Simple Story follows the life of a young woman named Miss Milner as she navigates the complexities of romance, marriage, and motherhood. Written in the late 18th century by the female playwright Elizabeth Inchbald, this book offers a compelling... Read Full Overview

"A Simple Story" by Mrs. Inchbald is a conventional book that tells a touching tale about love, morals, and social expectations in England within the 18th century. The book is about two fundamental characters, Miss Milner and Dorriforth, and how they address the problems of their... Read Full Overview

Ce roman poignant est une histoire d'amour tragique et d'injustice sociale dans l'Angleterre du XVIIIe si cle. travers les exp riences de la belle et vertueuse Miss Milner, Elizabeth Inchbald explore les complexit s de l'honneur, de la sinc rit et de la loyaut .

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When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of his religious vocation and 18th-century British society's standards of proper womanly behavior. Like other women writers of her time, Elizabeth Inchbald concentrates... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Ce roman poignant est une histoire d'amour tragique et d'injustice sociale dans l'Angleterre du XVIIIe si cle. travers les exp riences de la belle et vertueuse Miss Milner, Elizabeth Inchbald explore les complexit s de l'honneur, de la sinc rit et de la loyaut .

This... Read Full Overview

A classic novel of love and family, A Simple Story follows the life of a young woman named Miss Milner as she navigates the complexities of romance, marriage, and motherhood. Written in the late 18th century by the female playwright Elizabeth Inchbald, this book offers a compelling... Read Full Overview