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The Victim of Prejudice - Second Edition

By Mary Hays

The Victim of Prejudice - Second Edition Contemporary literature

The Victim of Prejudice - Second Edition

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Mary Hays was an outspoken Radical intellectual in the turbulent decade of the 1790's. She argued vehemently for the need to recognise the moral and rational qualities of women, the necessity of a better system of education for girls, and the importance of giving women without fortunes a career without 'servitude in prostitution.' The Victim of Prejudice-Hays' second novel, first published in 1799-is a powerful indictment of man-made institutions such as the courts and legislative systems which favour persons of wealth and rank. In the novel the metaphor of women's confinement becomes real as the heroine's worst nightmares, her horrors and sense of helplessness become a physical reality. The Victim of Prejudice is of great interest for its strong feminist content, and it is both powerful and moving as a literary work; this edition makes this important late eighteenth-century text again available to a wide readership.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
260
Release Date:
1998-10-01
Publication Date:
1998-10-09
Publisher:
Broadview Press Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1551112175
ISBN13:
9781551112176
Weight:
370 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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