Mary and the Wrongs of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Book Overview

Mary Wollstonecraft is best known for her pioneering views on the rights of women to share equal rights and opportunities with men. They are expressed here in two novels in which heroines have to rely on their own resources to establish their independence and intellectual development. Strongly autobiographical, both novels powerfully complement Wollstonecraft's non-fictional writing, inspired by the French Revolution and the social upheavals that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199538905
• ISBN13: 9780199538904
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 7.6"