GODWIN ON WOLLSTONECRAFT: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by William Godwin

Name: GODWIN ON WOLLSTONECRAFT: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by William Godwin
Brand: Harper Perennial
SKU: 9780007111763-G
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By Richard Holmes

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LIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLD This unique series - edited by Richard Holmes - recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece - still thrilling to read and vividly alive. The philosopher William Godwin fell in love with and married the radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, only to attend her deathbed (giving birth to their child, the late Mary Shelley). Heartbroken, Godwin immediately shut himself up in his study and wrote this intensely moving biography. True to his philosophical belief in absolute sincerity, Godwin coolly describes Wollstonecraft's previous love affairs, her time in revolutionary Paris, her illegitimate child, and her two suicide attempts. The book almost wrecked both their reputations, but can now be seen as a masterpiece of indiscretion and human honesty.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 146
Release Date:: 2011-03-04
Publication Date:: 2011-03-04
Publisher:: Harper Perennial
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0007111762
Weight:: 90 g

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