Anna St. Ives is a novel written by Thomas Holcroft. It tells the story of the eponymous protagonist, Anna St. Ives, who is a young and beautiful woman living in 18th century England. Anna is the daughter of a wealthy merchant and is admired by many suitors, but she is not interested in any of them. Instead, she falls in love with a poor but honest young man named Edward Conway.Anna's father disapproves of her relationship with Edward and tries to...