The Female Reader: A Facsimile ReproductionThe first educational anthology published by a woman, for & about women. Displays Wollstonecraft's literary eclecticism, early interest in education, & hitherto undocumented religious orientation. |
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Page ix
... she frequently witnessed her father abuse her mother , and her constant exposure to poverty in Yorkshire , but especially later in the indigent South London household of her friend Fanny Blood . Furthermore she gained a social education ...
... she frequently witnessed her father abuse her mother , and her constant exposure to poverty in Yorkshire , but especially later in the indigent South London household of her friend Fanny Blood . Furthermore she gained a social education ...
Page xxviii
... she could be totally dependent , but when she transferred this depend- ence to Imlay , she found him unstable , which created a desperate situation for her . Her emotional insecurity , so minutely detailed in the prayers , explains the ...
... she could be totally dependent , but when she transferred this depend- ence to Imlay , she found him unstable , which created a desperate situation for her . Her emotional insecurity , so minutely detailed in the prayers , explains the ...
Page 92
... she is not of half that importance to the worid that she is to herfelf ; fo mistaken is fhe in her value , by being her own appraiser . She will fetch fuch a compat's in difcourfe to bring in her beloved felf , and , rather than fail ...
... she is not of half that importance to the worid that she is to herfelf ; fo mistaken is fhe in her value , by being her own appraiser . She will fetch fuch a compat's in difcourfe to bring in her beloved felf , and , rather than fail ...
Contents
TO FEMALES | 1 |
BOOK I | 1 |
The Importance of Religion to Minds of Senfibility Mirror | 9 |
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