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Mary Wollstonecraft (Author)
Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands. Left uncompleted at Wollstonecraft’s early death, Maria remains a powerful work of propaganda, a unique picture of women’s status in eighteenth-century England.
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In ‘Maria, ‘ Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.’ Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.
Number of Pages: 160Dimensions: 0.41 x 8.31 x 5.48 INPublication Date: August 01, 1994
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