Author: Gordon, Lyndall
Title: Mary Wollstonecraft : a new genus / Lyndall Gordon
Description: London : Little. Brown 2005. 1st edition. Previous owner's signature. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: x. 562 pages. 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations. map. portraits. genealogical tables; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Violence at home -- 'School of adversity' -- New life at Newington -- A community of women -- A governess in Ireland -- The trials of high life -- Vindication -- Rival lives -- Into the terror -- Risks in love -- The silver ship -- Far north -- Woman's words -- 'The most fruitful experiment' -- Slanders -- Converts -- Daughters -- Generations. Subjects: Wollstonecraft. Mary 1759-1797. Women authors. English 18th century; Biography. Feminists Great Britain; Biography. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0316728667.

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