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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... young nobleman so sequestered in this part of the country , " cried Mr. Morley , reddening . " Perhaps Martha has , " said Julia . " Never , " replied Mrs. Morley . " How should you ? " inquired sir Lionel . “ He had changed his name ...
... young Leadenhead ; " they can but squall , and there is an end of it . I often drive sister Bridget in my tandem , and she's as pleased as Punch.1 We never go to Plummet Castle but I upset half a dozen country lasses in the course of a ...
... young squire became enamoured of her attractions . He was her constant attendant , her avowed admirer . Mrs. Morley passed for a widow ; and the pride of the Leadenheads was deeply wounded by the apprehension that the heir of the family ...
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Acknowledgments | 7 |
A Brief Chronology | 33 |
A Letter to the Women of England | 39 |
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