Simple Facts Or the History of an Orphan
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. SIMPLE FACTS. VOL. I. SIMPLE FACTS; OR, THE HISTORY OF AN ORPHAN. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY MRS. MATHEWS. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED BY S. LOW, GREAT PORTLAND STREET FOR THE AUTHOR: And Sold by Mr. RICHARDSON, Royal-Exchange; Messrs. HOOKHAM & CARPENTER, Old and New Bond Street; and Messrs. SCATCHERD & WHITAKER, Ave-Maria Lane. 1793. SIMPLE FACTS, &c. CHAPTER I. IN the county of Devon, about two miles from Torrington, lived Mr. Harcourt, a gentleman of respectable family. He had an estate of about two hundred a year, which he farmed himself. He married at the age of twenty-two, the daughter of a neighbouring Clergyman, a very amiable young lady, with no great fortune, but that Mr. Harcourt did not consider as an object to be put in competition with the many valuable qualities he discovered in his lovely Maria:—He had no reason to repent his disinterested choice. The prudence of Mrs. Harcourt, in the management of their domestic concerns, made ample amends for the smallness of her fortune.
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