A Simple Story (Broadview Editions)

Inchbald, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 1551116154 / ISBN 13: 9781551116150

Published by Broadview Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Simple Story (Broadview Editions)
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551116154
• ISBN 13: 9781551116150
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

After its publication in early 1791, A Simple Story was 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 returns her love and is released from his vows. Though the pair go on to marry, the second half of the novel reveals the disastrous and far-reaching consequences of Miss Milner’s subsequent adulterous affair.

The critical introduction to this Broadview edition considers such issues as Catholicism, theatricality, the theatre, and the masquerade, while the appendices provide a wide selection of cultural, biographical, and literary contexts for the novel.

About the Author

Anna Lott is Professor of English and Coordinator of Women’s Studies at the University of North Alabama.