A Simple Story - Elizabeth Inchbald torrent

Category: Classic, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: British Naxos

Written by Elizabeth Inchbald
Read by Juliet Stevenson
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

Published in 1791, A Simple Story concerns Miss Milner, who announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, thereby breaking through the barriers of his religious vocation and society’s standards for proper female behaviour.

Central themes of the novel include the importance of proper education for women. Elizabeth Inchbald was a dramatist and actress and this can be detected in her narrative, particularly her lively dialogue. The novel was well received on its publication, with one reviewer writing that “Mrs Inchbald has discovered the true path which she ought to pursue”.

In several respects A Simple Story anticipates the writing of Jane Austen, especially in Inchbald’s concise and ironic style.

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