Nature and Art

This is a didactic morality tale about the pitfalls of wealth, the superiority of 'natural' manners and mores to those of high society - and why it's better to be poor and honest than rich and corrupt. Inchbald juxtaposes two brothers and delineates their fates, and the fates of their sons in deliberate counterpoint and contrast. The book provides insights into the corruption of its society and, as so often, the worst sufferer is a fallen woman, rejected by her seducer. But, as this is a morality tale, the good end well, and the bad - as a rule - don't...

English novel. I have not read it