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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher... Read Full Overview

Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft

Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman is the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The Wrongs of Woman was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William... Read Full Overview

Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman is the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The Wrongs of Woman was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William... Read Full Overview

Wollstonecraft's philosophical and gothic novel revolves around the story of a woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband. It focuses on the societal rather than the individual "wrongs of woman" and criticizes what Wollstonecraft viewed as the patriarchal institution... Read Full Overview

THE WRONGS OF WOMAN, like the wrongs of the persecuted piece of humanity, might be considered significant by their oppressors: however, doubtlessly there are a couple, who will try to progress before the improvement of the age, and award that my representations... Read Full Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization... Read Full Overview

Los males de la mujer, como los de los sectores oprimidos de la humanidad, se han de considerar necesarios por parte de sus opresores, pero seguramente hay mujeres que se atrever n a adelantarse a su tiempo y a certificar que mis bosquejos no son el engendro de una mente trastornada... Read Full Overview

Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.

Edgy and suspenseful young adult fiction that explores topics teens want to read about. Tia is spending the summer working at a special ranch designed to "scare straight" at-risk youth. She tries to bond with Sage, a street kid who has been given one last chance to get her life... Read Full Overview