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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... scene of horror , the destruction of the whole fabric was deemed inevitable . Mrs. Morley had been confined in her chamber : but the peril of her situation gave her new strength , and she forced the door just as the conflagration had ...
... scene of mortal misery . In less than an hour the servant returned with an answer , that since Mrs. Morley had thought fit to remove her mother from that house of security in which Julia had placed her— " Julia ! " exclaimed Mrs. Morley ...
... scene Of madd'ning slaughter . For a time their zeal Was mock'd with barb'rous rage ; their great design By frenzy ... scenes of woe . I Marat and Robespierre [ M.R.'s note ] . Appendix F : Helen Maria Williams , from Letters from A ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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