Book cover for Letters to Imlay; by Mary Shelley and C Kegan Paul
2023 Released
270 Pages
4-6 Hours
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Legare Street PressISBN 9781019870358

This collection of letters written by feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft to her lover Gilbert Imlay offers a rare glimpse into the emotional and intellectual life of one of the most influential women of the late eighteenth century. With eloquence and passion, Wollstonecraft explores themes of love, gender, and politics, making a compelling case for the rights and freedoms of women.

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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva. Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley said she conceived of Frankenstein in “a waking dream.” This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851.

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