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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... leave you a title ? " " That would be charming , indeed ! ” said Mrs. Bradford . " All in good time . But you must not suppose that I will patiently endure being contradicted . I came to Bath to prove my conse- quence ; and if I am to ...
... leave to conceal his name , and the prof- its were conveyed to me through the hands of the manager . " " You quitted Bath on the following day ? " said Mrs. Morley . " I did : but , alas ! my misfortunes did not find any alleviation ...
... leave the country were refused , and the arrestation of the English resid- ing in France was decreed by the national convention ; but the very next day the decree was repealed on the representations of some French merchants , who shewed ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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