LIBRARY AND EARLY WOMEN'S WRITING

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    • Author:

    Mrs. Mathews

    Title:

    Simple Facts; or, the History of an Orphan

    Place of publication:

    London

    Publisher:

    Printed by S. Low, for the author

    Date of publication:

    1793

    Edition:

    1st ed.

    Number of volumes:

    2

    The heroine rejects suitor after suitor, as she waits for her accepted lover, Charles Palmer, to return from India with a suitable fortune. Persecuted by family and friends, abducted and held captive by one over-zealous lover, Maria exhibits strength of mind and perfect virtue throughout the tale, finally reaping her reward on her lover's triumphant return.

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