Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman by William Godwin
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"Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by William Godwin is a biography published in 1798. Written just months after his wife Mary Wollstonecraft's death, Godwin presents an unusually frank portrait of her life—including details eighteenth-century British society deemed scandalous. Inspired by Rousseau's "Confessions," he reveals her love affairs, illegitimate child, and suicide attempts. The memoir sparked immediate controversy, forcing revisions and damaging reputations, yet it remains
an invaluable document of Wollstonecraft's extraordinary life and emerging biographical practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Godwin, William, 1756-1836 |
|---|---|
| Title | Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_the_Author_of_A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman |
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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 57.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 |
| Subject | Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography |
| Subject | Feminists -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 16199 |
| Release Date | Jul 4, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 11, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 8761 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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