A simple story /

When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of religious vocation and society's standards of `proper' womanly behaviour. Her love is legitimized when Dorriforth is released from his vows, but she finds her own unorthodox...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 (Author)
Other Authors:	Tompkins, J. M. S. (Joyce Marjorie Sanxter), 1897-1986 (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:	Oxford world's classics.
Subjects:	Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century > Fiction. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of religious vocation and society's standards of `proper' womanly behaviour. Her love is legitimized when Dorriforth is released from his vows, but she finds her own unorthodox nature cannot conform to a marriage where her husband continues to be a stern moral guide. With a sureness of touch that prefigures Jane Austen, Elizabeth Inchbald shows that there is no simple answer to their predicament, and that their conflict can only be resolved in the next generation.
Item Description:	Previously issued in print: 1988.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxxiii, 345 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780191921964 (ebook) :
DOI:	10.1093/owc/9780199554720.001.0001