Reproduction of the original: The Love Letters to Gilbert Imlay by Mary Wollstonecraft

Reproduction of the original: The Love Letters to Gilbert Imlay by Mary Wollstonecraft

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"[...]man; she pleads rather for a friendly footing of equality between the sexes, besides claiming a new order of things for women, in terms which are unusually frank. Such a book could not fail to create a sensation, and it speedily made her notorious, not only in this country, but on the Continent, where it was translated into French. It was of course the outcome of the French Revolution; the whole work is permeated with the ideas and ideals of that movement, but whereas the French patriots demanded rights for men, she made the same demands also for women.[...]."

Lists the writings (with the exception of periodical appearances) of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (1759-1797), whose daughter authored Frankenstein . The material is arranged chronologically, including some information on later editions and translations. Some collation/pagination information is also i