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A Simple Story is a public-domain classic of feeling, restraint, family authority and moral consequence.

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A Simple Story

A Simple Story by Elizabeth Inchbald is an original English public-domain work focused on feeling, restraint, family authority and moral consequence. This edition is selected for BooksWhale readers seeking globally safer classic texts with clear authorship, early publication, and enduring literary or intellectual value.

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The author died in 1821, and this original English work was first published in 1791; selected under a conservative global public-domain screen using author death not later than 1925 and first publication not later than 1930.

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A Simple Story

Elizabeth Inchbald

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02A SIMPLE STORY,
  3. 03IN FOUR VOLUMES,
  4. 04MRS. INCHBALD.
  5. 05VOL. I.
  6. 06THE FOURTH EDITION.
  7. 07LONDON:
  8. 08PREFACE.
  9. 09A SIMPLE STORY.
  10. 10CHAPTER I.
  11. 11CHAPTER II.
  12. 12CHAPTER III.
  13. 13CHAPTER IV.
  14. 14CHAPTER V.
  15. 15CHAPTER VI.
  16. 16CHAPTER VII.
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII.
  18. 18CHAPTER IX.
  19. 19CHAPTER X.
  20. 20CHAPTER XI.
  21. 21CHAPTER XII.
  22. 22CHAPTER XIII.
  23. 23CHAPTER XIV.
  24. 24CHAPTER XV.
  25. 25CHAPTER XVI.
  26. 26CHAPTER XVII.
  27. 27END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
  28. 28A SIMPLE STORY,
  29. 29IN FOUR VOLUMES,
  30. 30MRS. INCHBALD.
  31. 31VOL. II.
  32. 32THE FOURTH EDITION.
  33. 33LONDON:
  34. 34CHAPTER I.
  35. 35CHAPTER II.
  36. 36CHAPTER III.
  37. 37CHAPTER IV.
  38. 38CHAPTER V.
  39. 39CHAPTER VI.
  40. 40CHAPTER VII.
  41. 41CHAPTER VIII.
  42. 42CHAPTER IX.
  43. 43CHAPTER X.
  44. 44CHAPTER XI.
  45. 45CHAPTER XII.
  46. 46A SIMPLE STORY,
  47. 47IN FOUR VOLUMES,
  48. 48MRS. INCHBALD.
  49. 49VOL. III.
  50. 50THE FOURTH EDITION.
  51. 51LONDON:
  52. 52A SIMPLE STORY.
  53. 53CHAPTER I.
  54. 54CHAPTER II.
  55. 55CHAPTER III.
  56. 56CHAPTER IV.
  57. 57CHAPTER V.
  58. 58CHAPTER VI.
  59. 59CHAPTER VII.
  60. 60CHAPTER VIII.
  61. 61CHAPTER IX.
  62. 62CHAPTER X.
  63. 63CHAPTER XI.
  64. 64CHAPTER XII.
  65. 65CHAPTER XIII.
  66. 66CHAPTER XIV.
  67. 67A SIMPLE STORY,
  68. 68IN FOUR VOLUMES,
  69. 69MRS. INCHBALD.
  70. 70VOL. IV.
  71. 71THE FOURTH EDITION.
  72. 72LONDON:
  73. 73A SIMPLE STORY.
  74. 74CHAPTER I.
  75. 75CHAPTER II.
  76. 76CHAPTER III.
  77. 77CHAPTER IV.
  78. 78CHAPTER V.
  79. 79CHAPTER VI.
  80. 80CHAPTER VII.
  81. 81CHAPTER VIII.
  82. 82CHAPTER IX.
  83. 83CHAPTER X.
  84. 84CHAPTER XI.
  85. 85CHAPTER XII.
  86. 86A PROPER EDUCATION.
  87. 87LOVERS’ VOWS;
  88. 88WIVES AS THEY WERE, AND MAIDS
  89. 89EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT.
  90. 90I’LL TELL YOU WHAT,
  91. 91SUCH THINGS ARE,
  92. 92THE MARRIED MAN,
  93. 93THE CHILD OF NATURE.
  94. 94APPEARANCE IS AGAINST THEM.
  95. 95THE WIDOW’S VOW.
  96. 96THE MIDNIGHT HOUR,
  97. 97THE WEDDING DAY,
  98. 98NATURE AND ART,

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