A Simple StoryAfter 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. |
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Contenido
| 11 | |
A Brief Chronology | 47 |
Inchbalds Other Writings | 343 |
EighteenthCentury Reception ofA Simple | 369 |
Cultural Contexts | 388 |
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Términos y frases comunes
affection answered appeared arrived asked attention beauty become believe called cause character child concern continued cried daughter dear desire door Dorriforth editions entered expect eyes face father fear feel felt find first gave give given guardian hand happiness hear heart hope Horton immediately Inchbald kind Lady Lady Matilda leave less letter live look Lord Elmwood lord Frederick Lordship madam manner marriage married Matilda means mind Miss Milner Miss Woodley morning nature never novel object observed occasion ofthe once opinion passed passion perhaps person play present reason received replied respect returned Rushbrook Sandford seemed servant Simple Story soon speak suffer suppose tears tell thing thought tion told took turned walked whole wish woman women writing young
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Página 18 - But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part.
Referencias a este libro
Strange Fits of Passion: Epistemologies of Emotion, Hume to Austen Adela Pinch Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
Feminist Utopian Discourse in Eighteenth-century Chinese and English Fiction ... Qian Ma Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
Información bibliográfica
| Título | A Simple Story Broadview Editions |
| Autor | Elizabeth Inchbald |
| Editor | Anna Lott |
| Editor | Broadview Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1770482431, 9781770482432 |
| Largo | 442 páginas |
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