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Maria

Or, The Wrongs of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

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  1. Preface and Author's Preface

    6:06

  2. Chapter 1

    14:48

  3. Chapter 2

    22:01

  4. Chapter 3

    16:18

  5. Chapter 4

    9:21

  6. Chapter 5

    40:21

  7. Chapter 6

    9:12

  8. Chapter 7

    25:46

  9. Chapter 8

    9:37

  10. Chapter 9

    18:06

  11. Chapter 10

    17:08

  12. Chapter 11

    17:38

  13. Chapter 12

    17:59

  14. Chapter 13

    16:13

  15. Chapter 14

    7:48

  16. Appendix & Chapter 15

    6:21

  17. Chapter 16

    11:09

  18. Chapter 17

    12:30

  19. Conclusion

    7:28

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Behind a barred window, Maria struggles to collect her thoughts while worrying about the infant daughter taken from her care. Her husband has placed her in confinement, and her wish to regain freedom is inseparable from her concern for her child. Mary Wollstonecraft uses this opening to connect private distress with the laws and customs that leave women subject to other people's decisions.

Published in 1798, this unfinished British novel also looks back at the family habits that shape those unequal arrangements. Maria recalls nursing her mother through illness while a favoured brother receives money and avoids responsibility. Affection, disappointment and financial dependence sit beside reflections on the different burdens borne by sons and daughters. The author's prefatory notes explain her interest in women across social classes, giving readers a direct account of the questions behind the story.

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Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was an English writer and philosopher, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and a founder of modern feminism. Mother of Mary Shelley, she led a life as bold and unconventional as her ideas.

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92
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