Mary Wollstonecraft
- Downloads
- Under 100
- Pages
- 234
About this book
Mary Wollstonecraft is a biography by Elizabeth Robins Pennell. The preface says comparatively little has been written about the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, and names Godwin and Mr. C. Kegan Paul as the two authorities upon the subject.
A father carries his family to Barking in Essex, a place of Mary’s principal childish recollections, where she cares nothing for dolls and the ordinary amusements of girls. The biography gives an account in which a woman asks Mrs. Fuseli to admit her into her house as a member of the family, and Mrs. Fuseli grows righteously wrathful and forbids her ever to cross her threshold again. Godwin asserts, in referring to the months of their married life, that theirs was not an idle happiness, a paradise of selfish and transitory pleasures, and the biography says Mary never let her work come to a standstill.
About the author
More from this genre
See all- K KeatsKeats
- S Seven Short PlaysSeven Short Plays
- R Red Hunters and the Animal PeopleRed Hunters and the Animal People
- F Frederic Lord LeightonFrederic Lord Leighton
- S A Spirit in PrisonA Spirit in Prison
- C The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)
Books like this one
Discussion
No comments yet. Share a thought, a question or a favourite passage.
Copyright concern? Read our DMCA policy
Read or download
Public domain book This work is in the public domain and free of copyright. Anyone may read, download and share it.
- PDF 1.5 MB
- EPUB 306 KB
Downloads start right away. How to open EPUB on your phone
Book facts
- Author
- Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- Reading time
- About 8 hours
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online