A Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman'
Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman'
$37.96
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 April 1987
Summary
In these two closely linked works—a travel book and a biography of its author—we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original minds of the late eighteenth century.
A Short Residence in Sweden is the record of Wollstonecraft’s last journey in search of happiness, into the remote and beautiful backwoods of Scandinavia. The quest for a lost treasure ship, the pain of a wrecked love affair, memories of the French Revolution, and the longing for some Gold…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140432695 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140432698 |
| Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Richard Holmes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 30 April 1987 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) was a writer and founding feminist philosopher. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is her most famous work, but she also wrote novels, treatises and a history of the French Revolution, many of whose events she witnessed first-hand in Paris. She died eleven days after giving birth to her daughter, Mary Shelley.
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