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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... sir Lionel ; " and a very popular one too . " " Are they gone alone ? " " A family party , " said lady Pen . " O ! if she is with her mother I am satisfied , " said Mr. Morley . Lady Pen laughed - sir Lionel hummed a tune . Lady Pen ...
... sir Lionel stopped at the door . Mrs. Morley precipitately retreated through a back garden , and fortunately reached home without farther observation . Lady Louisa made no scruple to avow her partiality for sir Lionel , and he was by ...
... sir Lionel ; " but if I do not tell truth may I be scouted for a blockhead . I have been amused famously . An astonishing good frolic , by Jupiter ! " " You may call it a frolic to be detected with a woman who pretends to character ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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