Memoirs of the Author of 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (Esprios Classics) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781715753719)

Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1798) is William Godwin's biography of his late wife Mary Wollstonecraft. Rarely published in the nineteenth century and sparingly even today, Memoirs is most often viewed as a source for information on Wollstonecraft. However, with the rise of interest in biography and autobiography as important genres in and of themselves, scholars are increasingly studying it for its own sake. Godwin's account of Wollstonecraft's life is wracked with sorrow. He did not shrink from presenting the parts of Wollstonecraft's life that late eighteenth-century British society would judge either immoral or in bad taste, such as her close friendship with a woman, her love affairs, her illegitimate child, her suicide attempts and her agonizing death.

Author: William Godwin
ISBN-10: 1715753712
ISBN-13: 9781715753719
Publisher: Blurb
Language: English
Published: 01/29/2026
Pages: 74
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d