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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... looked at than any persons in the circle . Mr. Bradford was a tolerable whist- player , and Julia danced like a sylph . Sir Lionel was her partner ; not because he liked the trouble of dancing , or the fatigue of saying civil things ...
... looked a refusal , and hugged the child still closer to her bosom . " It is some beggar's offspring , " said Mr. Morley . " Some artful , low - born jade has imposed on your mistaken sensibility . " “ That it is a beggar renders it more ...
... looked earnestly at them she suddenly arose from her seat , and hid the latter within her corset . I advanced a few paces , she stopped me with her hand extended , while her eyes looked eagerly towards the door of the cottage . I ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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