Author: Wollstonecraft, Mary, edited & with introduction by Gary Kelly,
Title: Mary and The Wrongs of Woman.
Description: Oxford, Oxford Univ Press, (1980). 12th ptg. VG PB. Both the pre-revolutionary Mary (1788) and The Wrongs of Woman (1798) are autobiographical but in Wrongs the theme is broadened. into a tale of universal human relevance, transcending the local & individual. Wollstonecraft's life has tended to overshadow her writing. She was a mistress & mother before she was a wife, she saw & survived the French Revolution, she was admired by leading politicians, artists & thinkers of the day. She had a powerful & original imagination, shaping experience & hard-won knowledge into the ardent radical philosophy which lay behind all her writing. Sl edge wear, owner 's notations ft endpaper.

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