A Simple Story

In scenes charged with understated erotic tension, A Simple Story - by groundbreaking playwright and novelist Elizabeth Inchbald - intertwines the tales of the flirtatious Miss Milner who falls in love with her guardian, a Roman Catholic priest and aristocrat, and of their daughter Matilda who, banished from her father's sight, craves his love.

In her use of dramatic methods-expressive gestures, delayed revelations and economical dialogues-to present these two versions of the same power-struggle between an older father-lover figure and a young girl, Inchbald achieves a psychological intensity and subtlety of characterization rarely found in other late eighteenth-century novelists.

About Elizabeth Inchbald

Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) was an English novelist, actress, and playwright.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • ISBN: 9780140434736
  • Length: 368 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 35mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 500g
  • Price: £12.99