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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... entered the library . Martha took up a London newspaper , but Julia never read diur- nal prints , because the accounts of casualties were too distressing for her excessive sensibility . The appearance of the groupe excited universal ...
... entered the inn . A waiter was dispatched to provide a convenient lodging for Mrs. Morley , who still assumed the ... entering her apartment , she observed his countenance as I An area in central London . pale as death : he attempted to ...
... entered the water , and proceeded towards the carriage . The spectators who stood as if petrified with astonishment at the philanthropy of the heroic boy , encouraged him with acclama- tions of applause , though no one attempted to ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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