A Dusty Tomes Audio Book In Cooperation with Spoken RealmsMary Wollstonecraft Godwin by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Eminent Women Series (Famous Women Series in the US) Edited by John H. Ingram. W. H. Allen & Co. 1885. Note: This book is 'read as written'. It was published in 1884. It is in the public domain. Mary Wollstonecraft is the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. She has been called Britain's first feminist. Her daughter Mary Shelley is the author ...
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A Dusty Tomes Audio Book In Cooperation with Spoken RealmsMary Wollstonecraft Godwin by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. Eminent Women Series (Famous Women Series in the US) Edited by John H. Ingram. W. H. Allen & Co. 1885. Note: This book is 'read as written'. It was published in 1884. It is in the public domain. Mary Wollstonecraft is the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. She has been called Britain's first feminist. Her daughter Mary Shelley is the author of the novel Frankenstein (1818). This biography was written by Elizabeth Robin Pennell. It was her first book, written before she was thirty. She was married that year to illustrator/artist Joseph Pennell. She wrote many other books: including cycling travels in Europe, art and food criticism, biographies of painter/friend: James Whistler (painter of Whistler's Mother), folklorist/uncle: Charles Godfrey Leland, and memoirs of her London salon. CONTENTS IntroductionCHAPTER I.-- Childhood and Early Youth. 1759-1778CHAPTER II.-- First Years of Work. 1778-1785CHAPTER III.-- Life as Governess. 1786-1788CHAPTER IV.-- Literary Life. 1788-1791CHAPTER V.-- Literary Work. 1788-1791 CHAPTER VI. -- "Vindication of the Rights of Women"CHAPTER VII.-- Visit to Paris. 1792-1793CHAPTER VIII.-- Life with Imlay. 1793-1794 CHAPTER IX.-- Imlay's Desertion. 1794-1795CHAPTER X.-- Literary Work. 1793-1796CHAPTER XL-- Retrospective. 1794-1796CHAPTER XII.-- William GodwinCHAPTER XIII.-- Life with Godwin: Marriage. 1796-1797CHAPTER XIV.-- Last Months: Death Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time; Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration.
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Binding slightly loose. Front endpaper detached. Spotting on page edges. Cover slightly worn. Gilt title detail. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in fair condition, suitable as a reading copy, no dust jacket, 209pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN:
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. Limited edition of only 100 copies. Second edition. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Dampstain to boards, text is clean. Library of Congress stamp. Subjects: Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797--Feminism and literature--England--History--18th century--Women and literature--Authors, English--Feminists.
