A Letter to the Women of England and The Natural DaughterBroadview Press, 2003 M01 2 - 336 páginas Mary Robinson’s A Letter to the Women of England (1799) is a radical response to the rampant anti-feminist sentiment of the late 1790s. In this work, Robinson encourages her female contemporaries to throw off the “glittering shackles” of custom and to claim their rightful places as the social and intellectual equals of men. Separately published in the same year, Robinson’s novel The Natural Daughter follows the story of Martha Morley, who defies her husband’s authority, adopts a found infant, is barred from her husband’s estate and is driven to seek work as an actress and author. The novel implicitly links and critiques domestic tyrants in England and Jacobin tyrants in France. This edition also includes: other writings by Mary Robinson (tributes, and an excerpt from The Progress of Liberty); writings by contemporaries on women, society, and revolution; and contemporary reviews of both works. |
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... Julia would hasten to welcome her . " You are accustomed to persons of fashion , and will not feel embarrassed , " said he . Lady Pen had , before Julia tripped over the lawn , been handed from her chaise by sir Lionel Beacon . Julia's ...
... Julia , now invited her to pass her days of mourning at the manor house ; where her merits and her sensibility would be properly appreciated . Julia had wasted many months in unbounded dissi- pation ; she had indulged the capricious ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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