 It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its "levelling" politics and moral ambiguity.Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as "The Natural Son", wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a "forward country hoyden.