A Simple Story (novel)

A Simple Story
A simple story. In four volumes. By Mrs. Inchbald. Vol. I. London: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row. M,DCC,XCI. [1791]
Title page of Volume I of the first edition.
AuthorElizabeth Inchbald
Published1791

A Simple Story is a novel by English author and actress, Elizabeth Inchbald.[1] Published in early 1791 as an early example of a "novel of passion", it was very successful and became widely read in England and abroad.[1] It went into a second edition in March 1791.[2] It is still in print today.[3]

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  3. ^ E.g. this edition published by Oxford University Press.