The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Claire Tomalin
- First Published: 1974
- Time of Work: 1759–1797
- Setting: London and Paris
- Principal Characters: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Gilbert Imlay, Joseph Johnson, Fanny Imlay, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, Authors or writers, Novelists, Eighteenth century, Women’s rights, Biography
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England
Form and Content
In The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, Claire Tomalin draws on information from a wide array of historical sources, including letters, historical documents, and commentaries published during Wollstonecraft’s lifetime. Information about Wollstonecraft’s career as a writer, her philosophical beliefs, and her relationships with loved ones contributes to this multidimensional portrait; the complexities of Wollstonecraft’s character emerge with clarity. Wollstonecraft was a woman much ahead of her time, and her insistence on the rights of women...
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