Nature and Art
Inchbald, Elizabeth / Inchbald, Mrs Elizabeth
The second novel, first published in 1794, by Elizabeth Inchbald, née Simpson (1753-1821) who was an English novelist, actress, and dramatist. Between 1784 and 1805 she had nineteen of her comedies, sentimental dramas, and farces (many of which were translations from the French) performed at London theatres. Eighteen of her plays were published, though she wrote several more, the exact number is in dispute though most recent commentators claim...