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Edited with introduction and notes by Pamela Clemit. First published in 1791.  Inchbald was an accomplished actor, translator, dramatist and novelist. Flirtatious Miss Milner falls in love with her Roman Catholic priest guardian. Their daughter Matilda, banished from her father's sight, craves his love. Two versions of the same father-lover figure and a young woman are told with psychologicial intensity rarely found in 18th century novels. Penguin Literature. 1996. Paper. NEW. $17.00