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- 1798
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Preface and Author's Preface
6:06 -
Chapter 1
14:48 -
Chapter 2
22:01 -
Chapter 3
16:18 -
Chapter 4
9:21 -
Chapter 5
40:21 -
Chapter 6
9:12 -
Chapter 7
25:46 -
Chapter 8
9:37 -
Chapter 9
18:06 -
Chapter 10
17:08 -
Chapter 11
17:38 -
Chapter 12
17:59 -
Chapter 13
16:13 -
Chapter 14
7:48 -
Appendix & Chapter 15
6:21 -
Chapter 16
11:09 -
Chapter 17
12:30 -
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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Book facts
- Author
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- First published
- 1798
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 92
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
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