I'll Tell You What: The Life of Elizabeth Inchbald - Hardcover

by Annibel Jenkins (Author)

" Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald (1753-1821) was one of the leading literary figures of the late eighteenth century-an actress, a successful playwright and editor of several collections of plays, a popular novelist, and a drama critic. Considered a beautiful, independent woman, Inchbald was much involved in the theatrical, literary, and publishing life of London. Elizabeth Simpson ran away from home at age eighteen to seek fame as an actress in London and quickly married Joseph Inchbald, an actor tw

Author Biography

Annibel Jenkins, professor emerita of English at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the author of several books, including Nicholas Rowe, and many articles on eighteenth-century literature and culture.