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A simple story / Elizabeth Inchbald ; edited with notes by J.M.S. Tompkins ; with an introduction by Jane Spencer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manners and customs.
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 345 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of religious vocation and society's standards of `proper' womanly behaviour. Her love is legitimized when Dorriforth is released from his vows, but she finds her own unorthodox nature cannot conform to a marriage where her husband continues to be a stern moral guide. With a sureness of touch that prefigures Jane Austen, Elizabeth Inchbald shows that there is no simple answer to their predicament, and that their conflict can only be resolved in the next generation.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1988.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191921964
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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