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A FEMINIST CLASSIC This classic 1792 political treatise by British writer Mary Wollstonecraft argues that women should be treated with equal dignity and respect to men, especially regarding education. It was instrumental in laying the foundation for the women''s suffrage and feminist movements. Her trailblazing work posits that the educational system deliberately trained women to be frivolous and incapable. Wollstonecraft’s goal was not to undermine the role of women in the home as she pointed out that if girls were allowed the same advantages as boys, women would not only be exceptional wives and mothers, but they would also be capable workers. She encouraged society to see them as a valuable resource and called for women and men to be educated equally for without an education, women are merely men’s “slaves” and “playthings”—not the intelligent, rational companions of a just and equal society. “...Effect a revolution in female manners...restore to them their lost dignity...as a part of the human species...reforming themselves to reform the world.” Tackling many of the punitive patriarchal attitudes that dominated eighteenth-century society, she launched a broad attack against sexual double standards, urging women to prioritize reason over emotion to break free from male notions of female fragility and foolishness. This, her signature, classic work of early feminism remains as relevant today as it was when first released and an essential text in feminist literature. ,MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT died in 1797 at age 38, eleven days after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, who would become a noted writer herself, as the author of Frankenstein.

Frankenstein is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque creature through an unconventional scientific experiment. As Frankenstein s creation grapples with his own identity and existence, he seeks revenge on his creator for abandoning him. The novel explores themes of ambition, responsibility, and the consequences of playing god. Shelley s timeless tale challenges the boundaries of humanity and the ethical implications of scientific discovery, making it a cornerstone of both Gothic literature and science fiction.

In her evocative work, "Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark," Mary Wollstonecraft presents a profound exploration of her travels through the Scandinavian landscape. The text is characterized by its epistolary style, allowing readers an intimate glimpse into her thoughts and experiences. Through vivid descriptions and personal reflections, Wollstonecraft traverses not only the geographical features of the regions but also the cultural dynamics and social constructs of the time. This work emerges within the context of Enlightenment thought, where the quest for knowledge and the celebration of nature were paramount, yet it also challenges contemporary notions of gender roles and societal expectations. Wollstonecraft, a pioneering feminist thinker and author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," was inspired by her experiences and observations during her travels. Her acute awareness of the limitations placed on women in society may have influenced her desire to seek and articulate the beauty and autonomy experienced in foreign lands. The letters reveal her quest for individuality and her passionate advocacy for women''s rights, making her travelogue not only a personal narrative but also a broader treatise on freedom and equality. "Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark" is highly recommended for readers interested in the intersection of travel literature and feminist philosophy. Wollstonecraft''s lyrical prose and piercing insights into human nature and societal frameworks offer a rich tapestry that invites reflection and provokes discussion. This work is essential for anyone seeking to understand the historical context of women''s rights and the nuances of Enlightenment ideals through the lens of a remarkable woman.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

메리 셸리 최후의 장편소설 : 작가 메리 셸리(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)하면 현재까지도 SF의 고전으로 널리 읽히는 충격적인 데뷔작 프랑켄슈타인 : 혹은 현대의 프로메테우스(Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus)(1818)를 떠올리실 것입니다만, 8년 후 출간한 최후의 인간(The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)(1826) 또한 주목할 만한 가치가 있습니다. 1826년 영국 런던과 파리에서 출간되었으며, 1833년에는 미국에서 해적판으로 출간되었습니다. 전작의 호평이 무색하게, 최후의 인간은 평론가들의 혹평을 면치 못하고 메리 셸리의 잊혀진 장편소설로 남았습니다. 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics)과 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 문학여행을! B “Poetry and its creations, philosophy and its researches and classifications, alike awoke the sleeping ideas in my mind, and gave me new ones.” “시와 그 창작물, 철학, 그리고 그 연구 및 분류는 모두 제 마음 속의 잠자는 생각을 깨웠고, 제게 새로운 생각을 주었습니다.” 메리 셸리 자전적 소설(Biographical elements) : 최후의 인간(The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)(1826)은 작가 본인은 물론 작가의 남편과 절친한 시인 바이런 경에서 착안한 캐릭터를 등장시킨 자전적인 소설(Biographical elements)인 동시에 인류의 미래에 대한 디스토피아적 공상을 담은 아포칼립스 SF 소설(an apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction novel)입니다. 메리의 시아버지 티모시 쉘리 경(Sir Timothy Shelley)은 그녀가 남편 퍼시 비시 셸리(Percy Bysshe Shelley)가 평생 집필한 시를 모아 출간하는 것은 허락했으나, 남편에 대한 전기 출판은 금지했기 때문에, 이 작품은 그녀가 작가로써 남편에 대한 사랑과 애정을 표현할 수 있는 유일한 방법이기도 했습니다. 중요한 등장인물인 영국 왕의 아들 아드리안(Adrian, Earl of Windsor)이 낙원을 찾아 항해하던 중 폭풍으로 인하여 침몰해 사망하는 것은 남편이 실제로 항해 중에 익사한 것과 흡사합니다. 제6대 바이런 남작 조지 고든 바이런(George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, 1790~1824)을 모델로 한 레이몬드 경(Lord Raymond) 또한 평생 영국 밖에서 떠돌며 방랑한 낭만주의자 시인의 삶과 닮은 부분이 적지 않습니다. 바이런 경은 실제로 그리스 독립 전쟁(1821~1829)에서 사망하였습니다. “Her countenance was all expression; her eyes were not dark but impenetrably deep; you seemed to discover space after space in their intellectual glance.” “그녀의 표정은 온통 표정이었습니다; 그녀의 눈은 어둡지는 않았지만 깊이 박혀 있었습니다; 당신은 그들의 지적 눈초리에서 공간을 하나씩 발견하는 것 같았습니다.” 2073년부터 2100년까지 인류의 미래에 대한 이야기 : 최후의 인간(The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)(1826)은 작가가 1818년 이탈리아 나폴리의 시빌 동굴(Sibyl''s cave)에서 발견한 예언서를 발견했다고 밝히는 것으로 시작합니다. 이후의 내용은 발견자인 작가가 2073년부터 2100년까지, 삼십 여년에 걸친 쿠마에 무녀(Cumaean Sibyl)의 이야기를 남자 주인공의 1인칭 시점으로 서술한 것입니다. 주인공 리오넬 버니(Lionel Verney)는 아버지는 영국 왕의 절친임에도 불구하고 여동생과 함께 부모 없이 극도로 빈곤한 환경에서 성장하였습니다. 이후 영국 왕의 아들 아드리안(Adrian, Earl of Windsor), 그리스에서 터키와 맞서 싸운 전쟁 영웅 레이몬드 경(Lord Raymond)과 교류하며 시대의 격변에 휩쓸립니다. 전쟁에 이은 전염병의 대규모 발발로 인해 모든 것이 무너진 시대... 그들은 생존을 위해 새로운 낙원을 찾아 영국을 떠나 프랑스, 이탈리아, 스위스를 거쳐 그리스로 떠납니다. 성공을 기약할 수 없는 장구한 여정에서 모든 일행이 숨을 거두었고, 리오넬 버니만이 개와 함께 살아남습니다. 책 제목은 바로 ‘인류 최후의 순간까지 살아남은 주인공’을 은유하며, 그가 2100년까지 남긴 기록이 서두에서 작가가 발견한 쿠마에 무녀(Cumaean Sibyl)의 예언서입니다. 메리 셸리는 소설에서 인류는 동식물에게는 아무런 영향이 없으나, 오직 인간만을 죽음으로 이끄는 전염병(the plague)으로 멸종할 것이라 예견하였는데, 이는 코로나19로 인해 전 세계 확진자 1.8억 명, 사망자 사백만 명을 돌파한 2021년이기에 더더욱 소름끼치는 전망이 아닐까 싶습니다. “I spread the whole earth out as a map before me. On no one spot of its surface could I put my finger and say, here is safety.” “저는 지구 전체를 지도처럼 펼쳐놓았습니다. 그 어떤 표면에서도 손가락 하나 까딱하지 않고 "여기 안전이 있습니다."라고 말할 수 없었습니다.” 디스토피아 소설(a dystopian novel)의 효시 : 인류의 비극적인 미래를 다룬 최후의 인간(The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)(1826)은 이후 헉슬리의 멋진 신세계(Brave New World)(1932), 조지 오웰의 1984(Nineteen Eighty-Four)(1949) 등으로 이어지며 디스토피아 소설(a dystopian novel)이란 장르를 개척한 작품으로 평가됩니다. 멋진 신세계나 1984가 절대 권력에 지배받는 민중들의 억압과 이에 대한 저항을 그렸다면, 메리 셸리의 작품에서는 이 같은 정치적인 색채는 찾아볼 수 없는 것이 특징입니다. “Let us live for each other and for happiness; let us seek peace in our dear home, near the inland murmur of streams, and the gracious waving of trees, the beauteous vesture of earth, and sublime pageantry of the skies. Let us leave ''life,'' that we may live.” “서로 그리고 행복을 위해 살자. 사랑하는 집, 내륙의 시냇물 근방, 우아한 물결, 아름다운 땅의 숲, 그리고 하늘의 웅장한 아름다움 속에서 평화를 찾자. 우리가 살 수 있도록 ''삶''을 떠나자고요.” -목차(Index)- 프롤로그(Prologue). 테마여행신문 TTN Korea 영어고전(English Classics) 999선을 읽어야 하는 7가지 이유 조명화 편집장의 17가지 키워드로 읽는 메리 셸리(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 01. 아버지 윌리엄 고드윈(William Godwin) 02. 어머니 메리 울스턴크래프트(Mary Wollstonecraft) 03. 사랑의 도피인가, 유부남과의 불륜인가? 03-1. 유부남 남편을 얻고, 네 자녀를 잃다. 03-2. 퍼시 비시 셸리의 시집 전집(Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley)(1839) 04. 1816년 스위스 제네바 빌라 디오다티(Villa Diodati)에서는 대체 무슨 일이 있었을까? 04-1. 영국 3대 낭만주의 시인 바이런이 처자식을 버린 쓰레기라고?! 04-2. 조지 고든 바이런(George Gordon Byron)의 파편(Fragment of a Novel)(1816) 04-3. 존 윌리엄 폴리돌리(John William Polidori)의 뱀파이어(The Vampyre)(1819) 04-4. 바이런의 딸 러브레이스 백작부인 어거스터 에이다 킹(Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace) 05. 인도네시아 탐보라 화산(Gunung Tambora)(1815)이 폭발하지 않았다면, 프랑켄슈타인은 탄생하지 않았다?! 06. 소설 프랑켄슈타인(Frankenstein)(1818)이 익명으로 출간된 이유는? 07. 소설 프랑켄슈타인(Frankenstein)(1818)은 세계 최초의 SF?! 08. 영화 프랑켄슈타인(Frankenstein)(1931) 09. 프랑켄슈타인(Frankenstein)이 괴물 이름이 아니라고?! 10. 오디오북(Audio Books)으로 듣는 메리 셸리(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 11. 메리 셸리(Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 어록(Quote) 메리 셸리의 최후의 인간(The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)(1826) VOL. I. I-Introduction I-Chapter I I-Chapter II I-Chapter III I-Chapter IV I-Chapter V I-Chapter VI I-Chapter VII I-Chapter VIII I-Chapter IX I-Chapter X I-Chapter XI VOL. II. II-Chapter I II-Chapter II II-Chapter III II-Chapter IV II-Chapter V II-Chapter VI II-Chapter VII II-Chapter VIII II-Chapter IX VOL. III. III-Chapter I III-Chapter II III-Chapter III III-Chapter IV III-Chapter V III-Chapter VI III-Chapter VII III-Chapter VIII III-Chapter IX III-Chapter X 부록(Appendix). 세계의 고전을 여행하는 히치하이커를 위한 안내서(The Hitchhiker''s Guide to Worlds’s Classics) A01. 하버드 서점(Harvard Book Store) 직원 추천 도서 100선(Staff''s Favorite 100 Books) & 판매도서 100위(Top 100 Books) A02. 서울대 권장도서 100 A03. 연세필독도서 고전 200선 A04. 고려대학교 세종캠퍼스 권장도서 100선 A05. 서울대, 연세대, 고려대 공통 권장도서 60권 A06. 성균관대학교 오거서(五車書) 성균 고전 100선 A07. 경희대 후마니타스 칼리지(Humanitas College) 교양필독서 100선 A08. 포스텍(포항공대) 권장도서 100선 A09. 카이스트(KAIST) 독서마일리지제 추천도서 100권 A10. 문학상 수상작 및 추천도서(44) A11. 영어고전(English Classics) 오디오북을 무료로 듣는 5가지 방법(How to listen to FREE audio Books legally?) 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Oulton 영어고전110 메리 셸리의 최후의 인간 English Classics110 The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전111 메리 셸리의 마틸다 English Classics111 Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전112 메리 셸리의 테일즈 앤 스토리즈 English Classics112 Tales and Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전113 메리 셸리의 프로세르핀과 미다스 English Classics113 Proserpine and Midas by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전114 셸리 부부의 6주간의 여행 이야기 English Classics114 History of a Six Weeks’ Tour by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley 영어고전115 메리 셸리의 포크너 English Classics115 Falkner: A Novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전116 메리 셸리의 발페르가 English Classics116 Valperga by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전117 메리 셸리의 퍼시 비시 셸리의 시전집 English Classics117 Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Shelley 영어고전118 메리 셸리의 로도어 English Classics118 Lodore by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 영어고전119 루이스 캐럴의 거울 나라의 앨리스 English Classics119 Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 영어고전120 루이스 캐럴의 지하 세계의 앨리스 English Classics120 Alice''s Adventures Under Ground by Lewis Carroll 테마여행신문 TTN Theme Travel News Korea는 2012년부터 현재까지 900종 이상의 콘텐츠를 기획 및 출간한 여행 전문 디지털 콘텐츠 퍼블리셔(Digital Contents Publisher)입니다. 다양한 분야의 전문작가와 함께 신개념 여행 가이드북 원코스(1 Course), 포토에세이 원더풀(Onederful), 여행에세이 별 헤는 밤(Counting the Stars at Night) 등 전 세계를 아우르는 분야별 여행 콘텐츠를 정기적으로 발행하고 있습니다. 더 나아가 인문 교양서 지식의 방주(Knowledge''s Ark)와 知의 바이블(Bible of Knowledge), 실용서 원샷(1 Shot)과 IT로켓(IT Rocket) 등 새로운 분야와 여행의 콜라보에도 지속적으로 도전하고 있습니다. 국내 최고 & 최다 여행 콘텐츠 디지털 퍼블리셔 테마여행신문 TTN Korea(방송대 기네스상 2017 ‘최다 출간 및 최다 자격증’ 수상)와 함께 어제도, 오늘도, 내일도 멋진 여행을! 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Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft''s work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her ''a hyena in petticoats'' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Original Complete Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading

200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Complete Original Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading

200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein has stood the test of time as a gothic masterpiece--a classic work of humanity and horror that blurs the line between man and monster... The story of Victor Frankenstein and the monstrous creature he created has held readers spellbound ever since it was published two centuries ago. On the surface, it is a novel of tense and steadily mounting horror; but on a more profound level, it offers searching illumination of the human condition in its portrayal of a scientist who oversteps the bounds of conscience, and of a monster brought to life in an alien world, ever more desperately attempting to escape the torture of his solitude. A novel of hallucinatory intensity, Frankenstein represents one of the most striking flowerings of the Romantic imagination. Complete Original Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should receive a rational education. She argues that women ought to have an education commensurate with their position in society, claiming that women are essential to the nation because they educate its children and because they could be "companions" to their husbands, rather than mere wives. Instead of viewing women as ornaments to society or property to be traded in marriage, Wollstonecraft maintains that they are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights as men.Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women''s rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft''s life, which encompassed several unconventional personal relationships, received more attention than her writing. Today, Wollstonecraft is regarded as one of the founding feminist philosophers, and feminists often cite both her life and work as important influences.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (1792), written by the 18th-century British proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should receive a rational education.

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- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Biography - Frankenstein Cast of Characters - Frankenstein in Film, Television, and Stage - Frankenstein Study Questions - This text is the original edition of Frankenstein published anonymously by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in 1818.Mary claimed authorship with the 1823 second edition. Following are the Introduction and Preface that were published in a revised edition in 1831. - Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley has been delighting readers since it was first published anonymously in London in 1818. The author''s name did not appear on the book until the second edition was published in 1823. - Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, born into a wealthy Italian family, who is determined to create a living being by piecing together parts of dead bodies and endowing the his creation with life through experimental scientific procedures.Victor Frankenstein succeeds beyond his wildest imaginings, and the Creature is born.

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on 27th April 1759 in Spitalfields, London. Although her family had a comfortable income much was squandered by her father leading the family to become financially diminished. Wollstonecraft struck out on her own in 1778 and accepted a job as a lady''s companion. Frustrated by the limited career options open to respectable yet poor women, she nonetheless decided to embark upon a career as an author. At the time, few women could support themselves by writing. She learned French and German and translated texts. She also wrote reviews, primarily of novels, for Johnson''s periodical, the Analytical Review. Wollstonecraft also pursued a relationship with the artist Henry Fuseli. Boldly she proposed a platonic living arrangement with Fuseli and his wife. Fuseli''s wife was shocked and the relationship was severed. In December 1792 she left for France to view first hand the revolutionary events that she had just celebrated in her recent ''Vindication of the Rights of Men'' (1790) and that had brought her immediate fame. France declared war on Britain in February 1793 and Wollstonecraft tried to leave for Switzerland but was denied permission. Despite her sympathy for the revolution, life for Wollstonecraft was very uncomfortable. Having just written the ''Rights of Woman'', Wollstonecraft determined to put her ideas to the test. She alighted on and fell passionately in love with Gilbert Imlay, an American diplomat and adventurer. By now she was disillusioned by the Revolution''s path. She thought the republic behaved slavishly to those in power while the government was ''venal'' and ''brutal''. To protect Wollstonecraft from the prospect of arrest, Imlay made a false statement to the U.S. embassy in Paris that he had married her, automatically making her an American citizen. Wollstonecraft, now pregnant by Imlay, gave birth to her first child, Fanny, on 14th May 1794. She was overjoyed. The winter of 1794-95 was the coldest winter in over a century. Wollstonecraft and Fanny were reduced to desperate circumstances. Wollstonecraft now had to risk leaving France and did so on 7th April 1795. She sought Imlay out but he was impassive to her pleas. In May 1795 she attempted to commit suicide, but it is thought Imlay saved her life. But it was now certain that her relationship with Imlay was over. She attempted suicide for a second time but a passing stranger witnessed her jump into the Thames and rescued her. Gradually, Wollstonecraft returned to literary life, and to a relationship with William Godwin. Once Wollstonecraft became pregnant by him, they decided to marry so that the child would be legitimate. On 30th August 1797, Wollstonecraft gave birth to her second daughter, Mary. During the delivery the placenta broke apart and became infected. After several days of agony, Mary Wollstonecraft died of septicemia on 10th September 1797.

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

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Why buy our paperbacks? Expedited shipping High Quality Paper Made in USA Standard Font size of 10 for all books 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don''t buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman is the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft''s unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). The Wrongs of Woman was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William Godwin, and is often considered her most radical feminist work. Wollstonecraft''s philosophical and gothic novel revolves around the story of a woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband. It focuses on the societal rather than the individual "wrongs of woman" and criticizes what Wollstonecraft viewed as the patriarchal institution of marriage in eighteenth-century Britain and the legal system that protected it. However, the heroine''s inability to relinquish her romantic fantasies also reveals women''s collusion in their oppression through false and damaging sentimentalism. The novel pioneered the celebration of female sexuality and cross-class identification between women. Such themes, coupled with the publication of Godwin''s scandalous Memoirs of Wollstonecraft''s life, made the novel unpopular at the time it was published. Twentieth-century feminist critics embraced the work, integrating it into the history of the novel and feminist discourse. It is most often viewed as a fictionalized popularization of the Rights of Woman, as an extension of Wollstonecraft''s feminist arguments in Rights of Woman, and as autobiographical.

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft''s work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her ''a hyena in petticoats'' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

Few creatures of horror have seized readers'' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley''s Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein''s terrible creation and the havoc it caused has enthralled generations of readers and inspired countless writers of horror and suspense. Considering the novel''s enduring success, it is remarkable that it began merely as a whim of Lord Byron''s."We will each write a story," Byron announced to his next-door neighbors, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and her lover Percy Bysshe Shelley. The friends were summering on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816, Shelley still unknown as a poet and Byron writing the third canto of Childe Harold. When continued rains kept them confined indoors, all agreed to Byron''s proposal.The illustrious poets failed to complete their ghost stories, but Mary Shelley rose supremely to the challenge. With Frankenstein, she succeeded admirably in the task she set for herself: to create a story that, in her own words, "would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature and awaken thrilling horror - one to make the reader dread to look round, to curdle the blood, and quicken the beatings of the heart."

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Frankenstein (Polish edition)

A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator, in an annotated edition that offers insights into Shelley''s literary and social worlds.

You will smile at an observation that has just occurred to me:--I consider those minds as the most strong and original, whose imagination acts as the stimulus to their senses, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote in a letter contemplating the role of the imagination in human relationships. Enlightenment feminist and famed author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft was also one of the most distinctive letter writers of the eighteenth century. This volume contains all of her known correspondence. Wollstonecraft talked and thought on paper; her letters were a large part of the drama of her life. In them she grows from an awkward child of fourteen to the woman of thirty-eight facing death in childbirth. Where the letters of "bluestocking" writers such as Elizabeth Carter and Catherine Talbot have a public quality, Wollstonecraft''s letters--whether written in haste or carefully composed, opinionated, or vulnerable--stand out among those of other contemporary writers for their candor and lack of sentimentality. They create a palpable world, a sense of inner vitality, revealing a woman of consistent character who nonetheless struggled to reconcile disparate aspects of her life: integrity and sexual longing; the needs and duties of a woman; motherhood and intellectual life; fame and domesticity; reason and passion. Written in cramped lodgings and swaying boats, in the wilds of Scandinavia and the chill of Paris in winter, these letters record not a finished, ordered life viewed retrospectively but the dynamic process of living. Collectively, they form a remarkable work of autobiography that reveals the many dimensions of Wollstonecraft''s genius.

The California edition of the Pennyroyal Press "Frankenstein" unites the dark side of Barry Moser''s art with the classic 1818 text of Mary Shelley''s tale of moral transfiguration. In a vivid sequence of woodcuts, the reader witnesses the birth of the "monster" as Moser shapes him from darkness and gives him a form simultaneously ghastly in its malice and transfixing in its suffering.

The letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley reveal a remarkable woman living in a remarkable age. They date from October 1814 - shortly after her elopement with Percy Bysshe Shelley - through September 1850, five months before her death. Her correspondents'' names are familiar - Shelley himself, Byron, Bulwer-Lytton, Disraeli, General Lafayette, Sir Walter Scott - and the letters abound with anecdotes about such eminent figures as her parents (William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft), Keats, Washington Irving, and Charles and Mary Lamb. Publication of the widely acclaimed three-volume edition of Mary Shelley''s letters was completed in 1988, containing all 1,276 of her known extant letters. Now Betty T. Bennett has selected 230 of those letters to give an overview of Mary Shelley''s life as she was seeing it, living it, and recording it. Bennett also includes an introductory essay that sketches a portrait of Mary Shelley, her world, and her place in the history of literature and letters.

(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed) The first great manifesto of women’s rights, published in 1792 and an immediate best seller, made its author the toast of radical circles and the target of reactionary ones. Writing just after the French and American revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft firmly established the demand for women’s emancipation in the context of the ever-widening urge for human rights and individual freedom that surrounded those two great upheavals. She thereby opened the richest, most productive vein in feminist thought, and her success can be judged by the fact that her once radical polemic, through the efforts of the innumerable writers and activities she influenced, has become the accepted wisdom of the modern era. Challenging the prevailing culture that trained women to be nothing more than docile, decorative wives and mothers, Wollstonecraft was an ardent advocate of equal education and the full development of women’s rational capacities. Having supported herself independently as a governess and teacher before finding success as a writer, and having conducted unconventional relationships with men, Wollstonecraft faced severe criticism both for her life choices and for her ideas. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman she dared to ask a question whose urgency is undiminished in our time: how can women be both female and free?

"James Rieger''s Frankenstein is relatively special among editions: it is the definitive scholarly text, and it is also the most readable copy for the classroom and the general reader. . . .The Rieger Frankenstein is very simply the best edition of this tremendously important and popular novel."--William Veeder, University of Chicago

Frankenstein was published in 1818, the work of a 21-year-old genius named Mary Shelley. Hundreds of movies, adaptations, and monster masks later, its reputation remains so lively that the title has become its own word in the English language. Victor Frankenstein, a scientist, discovers the secret of reanimating the dead. After he rejects his hideous creation, not even the farthest poles of the earth will keep his bitter monster from seeking an inhuman revenge. Inspired by a uniquely Romantic view of science’s possibilities, Shelley’s masterpiece ultimately wrestles with the hidden shadows of the human mind.