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A Simple Story

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The narrative charts the emotional life of a spirited, imperfect heroine whose intense attraction to a reserved man and subsequent choices drive the plot. Focused on a small circle of characters and confined domestic settings, the work probes passion, pride, and the tension between feeling and social constraint through rhetorically charged, stylistic prose. Eschewing broad social panorama, it emphasizes interiority and concentrated emotional moments that convey moral ambiguity and the lived pressure of affection. Supporting figures illuminate the heroine’s limitations and conflicting impulses, while the compressed scope highlights the psychological costs of desire and steadfast attachment.

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Title: A Simple Story

Author: Mrs. Inchbald

Editor: Lytton Strachey

Release date: July 5, 2007 [eBook #22002]
Most recently updated: October 1, 2021

Language: English

Credits: David Edwards, Marcia Brooks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SIMPLE STORY ***

A SIMPLE STORY

BY

MRS. INCHBALD

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
G. L. STRACHEY

LONDON
HENRY FROWDE
1908

OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

Transcriber’s Note: Table of Contents Added.
Left Archaic spellings, but made minor changes to punctuation.