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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... conduct , and that Mrs. Bradford was then on the eve of a second marriage . It was in vain that Mrs. Morley sent frequent messages , intreating to be heard . It was equally useless that she wrote to explain her conduct . Her letters ...
... conduct . A few hours confinement in her chamber had tranquillized her spirit , and she began to think even the authority of a wedded ruler far preferable to the miseries of perpetual adversity . Two days had passed since Mrs. Morley ...
... conduct , and she consented to remain that night at the post - house . On entering a dirty room she found the whole family singing after supper . The appearance of such a traveller caused no small commotion ; and in a few minutes she ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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