New Releases by Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft is the author of Frankenstein; (2024), Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories (2023), Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus (2023), Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus (Illustrated) (2022), A vindication of the rights of men (2022).

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Frankenstein;

release date: Feb 26, 2024
Frankenstein;
Frankenstein is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque creature through an unconventional scientific experiment. As Frankenstein s creation grapples with his own identity and existence, he seeks revenge on his creator for abandoning him. The novel explores themes of ambition, responsibility, and the consequences of playing god. Shelley s timeless tale challenges the boundaries of humanity and the ethical implications of scientific discovery, making it a cornerstone of both Gothic literature and science fiction.

Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories

release date: Sep 17, 2023
Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories
"Mary Wollstonecraft''s Original Stories" by Mary Wollstonecraft. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus

release date: Jan 03, 2023
Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus
Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley released her book Frankenstein in 1818. Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who develops an obsession with creating life, is the main character of the narrative. He ultimately succeeds in constructing a creature that resembles a human, but he is appalled by how it looks and gives up on it. The monster becomes furious and tries to end Victor''s life after being abandoned by its creator and despised by society. The book examines issues including ambition, the risks associated with scientific research, the effects of seclusion, and the strength of human passion. As one of the first works of science fiction addressing the moral consequences of scientific progress, Shelley''s book was revolutionary for its day. It also questioned conventional gender norms since Shelley was a woman who wrote in a profession that was mostly male. Since then, Frankenstein has emerged as a cultural icon and has been portrayed in a wide range of movies, plays, and other media. The book still has an impact on readers today because it poses significant queries about the place of science in society and the effects of our choices.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus (Illustrated)

release date: Jun 29, 2022
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus (Illustrated)
This illustrated edition of "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" includes: Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.

A vindication of the rights of men

release date: Jun 13, 2022
A vindication of the rights of men
This publication is a political pamphlet, written by the 18th-century British liberal feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, which attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. Wollstonecraft''s was the first response in a pamphlet war sparked by the publication of Edmund Burke''s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), a defense of constitutional monarchy, aristocracy, and the Church of England.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman By Mary Wollstonecraft(classics Illustrated Edition)

release date: Feb 20, 2022
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman By Mary Wollstonecraft(classics Illustrated Edition)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Annotated)

release date: Apr 24, 2021
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Annotated)
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, which helps us understand this literary work. We must pay special attention to those events that especially influenced the world of culture and art and also to those events that were especially reflected in literature, in the life of its writer or that affected it. There are many examples in which historical events have shaped the content and forms of literature, as well as this has often been the best testimony to the importance of certain events throughout history. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its period.The work of Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of Women''s Rights (1792), whose original English title is "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects", is one of the first works of literature and feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft disputes the position held by eighteenth-century political and educational theorists that women should not have access to education. Wollstonecraft argues that women should receive an education according to their position in society since, according to the writer, they are essential for the nation because they are the ones who educate children and because they could be considered not only mere wives, but pairs of their husbands.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Annotated Edition

release date: Apr 04, 2021
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Annotated Edition
First published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was an instant success, turning its thirty-three-year-old author into a minor celebrity. A pioneering work of early feminism that extends to women the Enlightenment principle of "the rights of man," its argument remains as relevant today as it was for Woll-stonecraft''s contemporaries. "Mary Wollstonecraft was not the first writer to call for women to receive a real, challenging education," writes Katha Pollitt in the new Introduction. "But she was the first to connect the education of women to the transformation of women''s social position, of relations between the sexes, and even of society itself. She was the first to argue that women''s intellectual equality would and should have actual consequences. The winds of change sweep through her pages."This classic work of early feminism remains as relevant and passionate today as it was for Wollstonecraft''s contemporaries. This edition includes new explanatory notes.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Illustrated)

release date: Mar 11, 2021
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Illustrated)
200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Original Complete Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (Majestic Classics & Illustrated with Doodles)

release date: Feb 27, 2021
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (Majestic Classics & Illustrated with Doodles)
200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Complete Original Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (Majestic Classics and Illustrated with Doodles)

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (Majestic Classics and Illustrated with Doodles)
200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Complete Original Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (World Literature Classics and Illustrated with Book-End Doodles about Reading)

Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley (World Literature Classics and Illustrated with Book-End Doodles about Reading)
200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Complete Original Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading Beautifully laid out 6 x 9 paperback (15.24 x 22.86 cm) - reader friendly ebook version World Literature Classics is a home-based miniscule self-publisher, publishing the masterpieces of the written world. We don''t share money for advertisement, because we trust our readers'' support, and, we donate most of our income to stray animals.

FRANKENSTEIN OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

release date: Jan 01, 2021
FRANKENSTEIN OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS
Shelley''s suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literature―the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the effects of human cruelty, the desire for revenge and the need for forgiveness, and much more. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Simon & Schuster Classics are bringing Frankenstein back to life with a stunning but terrifying new cover. Through letters sent by Robert Walton to his wife, a wandering figure emerges named Victor Frankenstein. Frail and nearing his death, Victor recounts a fantastical story of how he assembled old body parts to create a human-like being, a creature so utterly monstrous and hideous that he regretted being its creator. Frankenstein''s rejection of his creation turns the ''creature'' into a true monster, resulting in murder and havoc and a treacherous voyage to find and kill it once and for all. Frankenstein is a true classic of modern literature and is often considered to be a pioneering work of science fiction. Through Mary Shelley''s extraordinary tale, we see the true reflection of the human condition, which demands wonder, fear and empathy.

A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN / WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS "Annotated" (Penguin Classics)

release date: Jun 24, 2020
A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN / WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS "Annotated" (Penguin Classics)
Mary Wollstonecraft''s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a treatise on overcoming the methods in which women in her time are oppressed and denied their capacity in society, with concomitant troubles for his or her families and society as a whole. The willpower is to Charles M. Talleyrand-Périgord, the late bishop of Autun whose views on woman education have been distasteful to Wollstonecraft. The creation units out her view that neglect of ladies'' education is essentially guilty for the condition of grownup ladies. They are treated as subordinate beings who care only approximately being attractive, elegant, and meek, they buy into this oppression, and they do not have the equipment to vindicate their essential rights or the awareness that they''re in such a situation. In the first bankruptcy Wollstonecraft promotes motive and rationality and discusses the deleterious results of absolute, arbitrary political power and the vices associated with riches and hereditary honors. Chapters two and three element the various approaches wherein girls are rendered subordinate. They are seldom unbiased and generally tend no longer to workout reason. Writers like Rousseau and Dr. Gregory choice that women stay digital slaves, enshrined in the home and worried simplest with their "natural" proclivities of being modest, chaste, and beautiful. Women are taught to indulge their feelings and as a result have unhappy marriages because passion can''t be sustained. Virtue have to not be relative to gender; as both women and men had been created through God and have souls, they have the identical type of propensity to exercising cause and expand virtue. Female dependence as seen in her day isn''t always natural. Women''s confinement inside the domestic and incapacity to participate within the public sphere results in their insipidness and pettiness. Wollstonecraft desires to inspire a "revolution in lady manners." In bankruptcy 4 she excoriates the premise that pleasure is the ultimate aim of a lady''s lifestyles. Reason and common experience are generally neglected in prefer of emotion and sentiment, and younger girls are taught each early to problem themselves handiest with their people. Such developments are intricate for mothers, who either spoil their youngsters or ignore them. In addition, marriage should resemble friendship due to the fact husband and wife should be companions. In bankruptcy 5 Wollstonecraft lambastes the various writers who''ve perpetuated those thoughts. In bankruptcy six she explains the significance of early institutions for the improvement of character; for girls, fake notions and early impressions aren''t tempered by information or nuance. Girls begin to decide on rakes to decent guys.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Illustrated

release date: Mar 20, 2020
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Illustrated
Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children''s book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)

Frankenstein. Mary Shelley

release date: Jan 14, 2020
Frankenstein. Mary Shelley
Desperate in his search of the secret of life, young Dr Victor Frankenstein attempts to construct and then bring to life a previously inanimate creature. He succeeds, yet immediately finds himself horrified and repulsed by the fruit of his long-lasting labors and, as a result, abandons the creature without a word. This action begins a series of tragic events in the life of the scientist, as the enraged monster begins his quest to fill every minute of Dr. Frankenstein’s life with terror, dread and misery. First published in 1818, this novel continues to captivate the audience today. Frankenstein is not merely a horror story, but, rather, a tale that would make its readers ponder on the pursuit of knowledge and explore what monstrosity truly means.

Frankenstein: Includes Biography and Analysis by Nelson A.

release date: Sep 15, 2018
Frankenstein: Includes Biography and Analysis by Nelson A.
Mary Shelley (1797/08/30 - 1851/02/01) Mary Shelley British writer Works: Frankenstein; The last man... Genre: Science fiction Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft Genre: Science fiction Spouse: Percy Bysshe Shelley Son: Percy Florence Shelley Name: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley He was born on August 30, 1797 in London. Daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. A few days after her birth her mother, who had written Vindication of Women Rights, died of a fever leaving her husband in the care of Mary and her three and a half year old sister Fanny Imlay. Married Godwin later with a widow who already had two daughters with whom the philosopher would light a new scion.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects - Early Feminist Philosophy (Hardcover)

release date: Jun 25, 2018
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects - Early Feminist Philosophy (Hardcover)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft''s passionate work supporting women''s rights, is considered to be among the very first examples of feminist philosophy. When it appeared in 1792, Wollstonecraft''s treatise sets out a range of what were at the time radical beliefs; she thought all women should have a formal education, so that they may raise their children to be keener in mind as well as prove able conversationalists with their husbands. Wollestonecraft by no means unreservedly supports marriage: she states that women should not be thought of merely as items to be bandied about and wed, but as human beings capable of great intellect. Wollstonecraft also lambastes the prevailing social picture of women; that they have a number of fixed, narrow and often domestic duties. She also singles out how women are expected to behave, criticizing in particular the notion that the highest aspiration of a woman is to be a sentimental heroine in a popular romance novel.

A Vindication of the Rights of WomanWith Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects

release date: Jan 01, 2018
A Vindication of the Rights of WomanWith Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
A Vindication of the Rights of WomanWith Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft is a rare manuscript, the original residing in some of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, typed out and formatted to perfection, allowing new generations to enjoy the work. Publishers of the Valley''s mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (A Feminist Masterpiece)

release date: Dec 06, 2017
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (A Feminist Masterpiece)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should have an education. She argues that women ought to have an education commensurate with their position in society, claiming that women are essential to the nation because they educate its children and because they could be "companions" to their husbands, rather than mere wives. Instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property to be traded in marriage, Wollstonecraft maintains that they are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men. Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women''s rights. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children''s book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

Frankenstein

release date: Nov 20, 2017
Frankenstein
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, was completed by Mary Shelley at the age of 19. She infused this original novel with Gothic and Romantic elements. Scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a large and powerful creature in the likeness of man, but is disgusted by his own creation and he abandons the being to fend for itself. Spawning generations of horror stories in the genre, Frankenstein is a gruesome warning against playing God and attempting the engineering of life.

Maria, Or the Wrongs of Woman

release date: Oct 27, 2017
Maria, Or the Wrongs of Woman
Why buy our paperbacks? Expedited shipping High Quality Paper Made in USA Standard Font size of 10 for all books 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don''t buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 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 Godwin, and is often considered her most radical feminist work. 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 of marriage in eighteenth-century Britain and the legal system that protected it. However, the heroine''s inability to relinquish her romantic fantasies also reveals women''s collusion in their oppression through false and damaging sentimentalism. The novel pioneered the celebration of female sexuality and cross-class identification between women. Such themes, coupled with the publication of Godwin''s scandalous Memoirs of Wollstonecraft''s life, made the novel unpopular at the time it was published. Twentieth-century feminist critics embraced the work, integrating it into the history of the novel and feminist discourse. It is most often viewed as a fictionalized popularization of the Rights of Woman, as an extension of Wollstonecraft''s feminist arguments in Rights of Woman, and as autobiographical.

Mathilda

release date: Oct 27, 2017
Mathilda
Why buy our paperbacks? Expedited shipping High Quality Paper Made in USA Standard Font size of 10 for all books 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don''t buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820. It deals with common Romantic themes of incest and suicide. The act of writing this novella distracted Mary Shelley from her grief after the deaths of her one-year-old daughter Clara at Venice in September 1818 and her three-year-old son William in June 1819 in Rome. These losses plunged Mary Shelley into a depression that distanced her emotionally and sexually from Percy Shelley and left her, as he put it, "on the hearth of pale despair". Narrating from her deathbed, Matilda tells the story of her unnamed father''s confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Matilda''s emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death. Commentators have often read the text as autobiographical, the three central characters standing for William Godwin, Mary Shelley, and Percy Shelley. There is no firm evidence, however, that the storyline itself is autobiographical. Analysis of Matilda''s first draft, titled "The Fields of Fancy", reveals that Mary Shelley took as her starting point Mary Wollstonecraft''s unfinished "The Cave of Fancy", in which a small girl''s mother dies in a shipwreck. Like Mary Shelley herself, Matilda idealises her lost mother. According to editor Janet Todd, the absence of the mother from the last pages of the novella suggests that Matilda''s death renders her one with her mother, enabling a union with the dead father. Critic Pamela Clemit resists a purely autobiographical reading and argues that Mathilda is an artfully crafted novella, deploying confessional and unreliable narrations in the style of her father, as well as the device of the pursuit used by Godwin in his Caleb Williams and by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein. The novella''s 1959 editor, Elizabeth Nitchie, noted the novella''s faults of "verbosity, loose plotting, somewhat stereotyped and extravagant characterization" but praised a "feeling for character and situation and phrasing that is often vigorous and precise". The story may be seen as a metaphor for what happens when a woman, ignorant of all consequences, follows her own heart while dependent on her male benefactor.

Maria: Or, the Wrongs of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft

release date: Oct 18, 2017
Maria: Or, the Wrongs of Woman 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 Godwin, and is often considered her most radical feminist work.[1]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 of marriage in eighteenth-century Britain and the legal system that protected it. However, the heroine''s inability to relinquish her romantic fantasies also reveals women''s collusion in their oppression through false and damaging sentimentalism. The novel pioneered the celebration of female sexuality and cross-class identification between women. Such themes, coupled with the publication of Godwin''s scandalous Memoirs of Wollstonecraft''s life, made the novel unpopular at the time it was published.Twentieth-century feminist critics embraced the work, integrating it into the history of the novel and feminist discourse. It is most often viewed as a fictionalized popularization of the Rights of Woman, as an extension of Wollstonecraft''s feminist arguments in Rights of Woman, and as autobiographical.Drafts[edit]Wollstonecraft struggled to write The Wrongs of Woman for over a year; in contrast, she had dashed off A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), her reply to Edmund Burke''s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), in under a month and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) in six weeks. Godwin comments:She was sensible how arduous a task it is to produce a truly excellent novel; and she roused her faculties to grapple with it. All her other works were produced with a rapidity, that did not give her powers time fully to expand. But this was written slowly and with mature consideration. She began it in several forms, which she successively rejected, after they were considerably advanced. She wrote many parts of the work again and again, and, when she had finished what she intended for the first part, she felt herself more urgently stimulated to revise and improve what she had written, than to proceed, with constancy of application, in the parts that were to follow.[3]She also researched the book more than her others. By assuming the responsibilities of fiction editor and reviewing almost nothing but novels, she used her editorial position at Joseph Johnson''s Analytical Review to educate herself regarding novelistic techniques. She even visited Bedlam Hospital in February 1797 to research insane asylums.[4]At Wollstonecraft''s death in 1797, the manuscript was incomplete. Godwin published all of the pieces of the manuscript in the Posthumous Works, adding several sentences and paragraphs of his own to link disjunct sections.[5]

Mary Wollstonecraft - a Vindication of the Rights of Woman

release date: Dec 14, 2016
Mary Wollstonecraft - a Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft''s work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her ''a hyena in petticoats'' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

Frankenstein-- Large Print Edition

release date: May 27, 2015
Frankenstein-- Large Print Edition
Few creatures of horror have seized readers'' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein''s terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. Considering the novel''s enduring success, it is remarkable that it began merely as a whim of Lord Byron''s."We will each write a story," Byron announced to his next-door neighbors, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley. The friends were summering on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, Shelley still unknown as a poet and Byron writing the third canto of Childe Harold. When continued rains kept them confined indoors, all agreed to Byron''s proposal.The illustrious poets failed to complete their ghost stories, but Mary Shelley rose supremely to the challenge. With Frankenstein, she succeeded admirably in the task she set for herself: to create a story that, in her own words, "would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror - one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart."

A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women

release date: Jan 07, 2014
A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women
In her seminal text, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft crafts a masterful response to the inherently sexist public education system in eighteenth century England. Taking an uncommon position for her time, Wollstonecraft argued the importance of allowing young women equal access to the education system, and asserted that females, like their male counterparts, should be defined by their vocations and not their marital partners. Comparing the treatment of married women to that of property, Wollstonecraft keenly argued that men and women should be treated as humans equal in the eyes of God. Originally met with both criticism and respect, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is regarded as one of the earliest examples of feminist literature and it continues to be studied to this day, over 200 years after its first publication. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Vindication of the Rights of Women

release date: Jun 17, 2013
Vindication of the Rights of Women
Written during a time of great political turmoil, social anxiety, and against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Wollstonecraft''s argument continues to challenge and inspire. One of the earliest contributions to feminist philosophy, Wollstonecraft''s powerful treatise on the value of women in society tackles many of the patriarchal attitudes prevalent in the eighteenth century. In addition to championing the notion that women enjoy all the same fundamental rights as men, Wollstonecraft argues that men benefit from treating their wives as companions rather than commodities. Touching upon many themes in women''s education, A Vindications of the Rights of Woman remains a bold and powerful read.

The Annotated Frankenstein

release date: Oct 31, 2012
The Annotated Frankenstein
A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator, in an annotated edition that offers insights into Shelley''s literary and social worlds.

Frankenstein EasyRead Edition

release date: Nov 01, 2006
Frankenstein EasyRead Edition
The novel presents man''s search and quest for the ultimate power and godhood. It is a narrative of man''s interference into nature and the consequent destruction. It also delves into human psychology that rejects everything ugly. Written in the times of Industrial Revolution, the work also comments on the conditions of society and people.
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