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The Wrongs of Women
The Wrongs of Women follows Mary Wollstonecraft as she tries to find her place as a young woman in society, during the Age of Enlightenment. She becomes embroiled in a tangled web of murder and intrigue, whilst facing anti-feminism and small minded prejudice. What made a 15 year-old girl from a dysfunctional family in the market town of Beverley, East Yorkshire in 1774 develop into a novelist, travel writer and beacon of feminism? Did her experiences at that time influence her future behaviour and views?
Mary Wollstonecraft died aged 38 having been revered and reviled for her views on equal education and for having well-publicised affairs with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay. She was viciously criticised for suggesting women could have sexual feelings and her name appeared in a dictionary next to 'prostitute'.
Mary Wollstonecraft died aged 38 having been revered and reviled for her views on equal education and for having well-publicised affairs with Henry Fuseli and Gilbert Imlay. She was viciously criticised for suggesting women could have sexual feelings and her name appeared in a dictionary next to 'prostitute'.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 22, 2017
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January 5, 2019
A nice easy read and highly amusing. You really get the feel of the times, what was important and the formal social interaction. I live in the town where Mary Wolstencraft lived for a time so it had added interest for me. I was warm and toasty by the fire whilst reading and in danger of nodding off but the surprisingly raunchy bit in a alleyway off Ladygate improved my concentration!
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