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A Simple Story

Elizabeth Inchbald

Book Overview: 

The story could really have been simple: Miss Milner, who is admired for her beauty and charm, could have been a socialite, marry a respectable and good looking man and be happy in the standards of her time. But if it was so, why would there be a book? Miss Milner, beautiful and charming as she is, announces her wish to marry her guardian, a catholic priest. But women in the 18th century do not declare their wishes or speak about their passions, and- after all- he is a catholic priest… And if he finds a way to marry her, is this her road to happiness?

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . pass in violent haste through the hall; he seemed to fly."

"Ladies, the dinner is waiting," cried Mrs. Horton, and they repaired to the dining room, where Dorriforth soon after came, and engrossed their whole attention by his[Pg 49] disturbed looks, and unusual silence. Before dinner was over, he was, however, more himself, but still he appeared thoughtful and dissatisfied. At the time of their evening walk he excused himself from accompanying them, and they saw him in a distant field with Mr. Sandford in earnest conversation; for Sandford and he often stopped on one spot for a quarter of an hour, as if the interest of the subject had so engaged them, they stood still without knowing it. Lord Elmwood, who had joined the ladies, walked home with them; Dorriforth entered soon after, in a much less gloomy humour than when he went out, and told his relation, that he and the ladies would dine with him the next day if he was disengaged; and it was agreed they shou. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Quite enjoyed this alleged proto-Austen.

The first 50pp (where the author's background in the theatre really made for dramatic—well, of the 18C drawing room variety—reading) were so good, in fact, I thought I'd be rating this even higher. And though soon enough the action does settle in to the rumbl

Mr. Darcy tells Elizabeth Bennet at a pivotal moment, "You are too generous to trifle with me," and I can only admire his wisdom in choosing to love such a reasonable woman. Had he fallen for the dreadful Miss Milner of A SIMPLE STORY, Darcy might have ended with bashing his head repeatedly against

*3.5*

I can't remember the last time i got so angry at a classic. maybe--Robinson Crusoe but that was mostly hatred. but this book. i'm incensed. i'm incensed this book made me use the word incensed.

what i was expecting picking up this book: a young woman falls in love with a priest. scandalous, i

*3.5 stars

This is an amazing novel. It's very different from most 18th-century novels. It's way more naturalistic, in that it's not as mannered and self-consciously 'literary' as a lot of the other novels of the time. Which is not to say that they are bad, it's just that this is just so different. It's amazin

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