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The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft

  • Published: 1 Sep 1989
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781851960064
  • Set ISBN: 9781851960064

This seven-volume collection brings together the known works of Mary Wollstonecraft, the eighteenth-century philosopher, writer and women’s rights advocate. Condemned by her contemporaries for her unconventional lifestyle, Wollstonecraft was later recognised as a founding figure of the feminist movement. She was also an acute observer of the political upheavals of the French revolution and advocated educational reform. Wollstonecraft’s writings, which include A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Thoughts on the Education of Daughters, are recognised as cornerstone texts in the development of feminist thought. This book is therefore a vital reference to the student of feminist history, and will also be of value to any reader interested in the origins of feminism.

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Introduction

Mary, a Fiction: Prefatory Note, Editors’ Note to Title Page, Advertisement, Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XIV, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI, Chapter XVII, Chapter XVIII, Chapter XIX, Chapter XX, Chapter XXI, Chapter XXII, Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXIV, Chapter XXV, Chapter XXVI, Chapter XXVII, Chapter XXVIII, Chapter XXIX, Chapter XXX, Chapter XXXI, The Wrongs of Woman: or, Maria (from Posthumous Works): Volume I: Prefatory Note, Preface, Author’s Preface, Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Volume II: Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XIV, Advertisement, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI, Chapter XVII, Conclusion, The Cave of Fancy (from Posthumous Works) : Prefatory Note, Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III

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Elements of Morality: Prefatory Note, Volume I: Advertisement, Introductory Address to Parents, Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XIV, Chapter XV, Volume II: Chapter XVI, Chapter XVII, Chapter XVIII, Chapter XIX, Chapter XX, Chapter XXI, Chapter XXII, Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXIV, Chapter XXV, Chapter XXVI, Chapter XXVII, Chapter XXVIII, Chapter XXIX, Chapter XXX, Volume III: Chapter XXXI, Chapter XXXII, Chapter XXXIII, Chapter XXXIV, Chapter XXXV, Chapter XXXVI, Chapter XXXVII, Chapter XXXVIII, Chapter XXXIX, Chapter XL, Chapter XLI, Chapter XLII, Chapter XLIII, Chapter XLIV, Chapter XLV, Chapter XLVI, A Sketch of the Subjects Treated in this Book, Young Grandison: Prefatory Note, Volume I: Letter I, Letter II, Letter III, Letter IV, Letter V, Letter VI, Letter VII, Letter VIII, Letter IX, Letter X, Letter XI, Letter XII, Letter XIII, Letter XIV, Letter XV, Letter XVI, Letter XVII, Letter XVIII, Letter XIX, Letter XX, Letter XXI, Letter XXII, Letter XXIII, Letter XXIV, Letter XXV, Letter XXVI, Letter XXVII, Letter XXVIII, Letter XXIX, Letter XXX, Letter XXXI, Letter XXXII, Letter XXXIII, Letter XXXIV, Letter XXXV, Letter XXXVI, Letter XXXVII, Letter XXXVIII, Letter XXXIX, Letter XL, Letter XLI, Letter XLII, Letter XLIII, Letter XLIV, Letter XLV, Letter XLVI, Letter XLVII, Letter XLVIII, Letter XLIX, Letter L, Letter LI, Letter LII, Letter LIII, Letter LIV, Letter LV, Letter LVI, Letter LVII, Letter LVIII, Volume II: Letter I, Letter II, Letter III, Letter IV, Letter V, Letter VI, Letter VII, Letter VIII, Letter IX, Letter X, Letter XI, Letter XII, Letter XIII, Letter XIV, Letter XV, Letter XVI, Letter XVII, Letter XVIII, Letter XIX, Letter XX, Letter XXI, Letter XXII, Letter XXIII, Letter XXIV, Letter XXV, Letter XXVI, Letter XXVII, Letter XXVIII, Letter XXIX, Letter XXX, Letter XXXI, Letter XXXII, Letter XXXIII, Letter XXXIV, Letter XXXV, Letter XXXVI, Letter XXXVII, Letter XXXVIII, Letter XXXIX, Supplement

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Of the Importance of Religious Opinions, Introduction, On the Connection of Religious Principles with Public Order, The Same Subject Continued. A Parallel between the Influence of Religious Principles, and of Laws and Opinions, An Objection Drawn from our Natural Dispositions to Goodness, An Objection Drawn from the Good Conduct of many Irreligious Men, The Influence of Religious Principles on our Happiness, The Same Subject Continued. The Influence of Virtue on Happiness, On Religious Opinions, in their Relation with Sovereigns, An Objection Drawn from the Wars and from the Commotions which Religion has Given Rise to, Another Objection Examined. The Sabbath, An Observation on a Particular Circumstance of Public Worship, That the Single Idea of a God is a Sufficient Support of Morality, That there is a God, The Same Subject Continued, The Same Subject Continued, On the Respect that is Due from True Philosophy to Religion, The Same Subject Continued Reflections on Intolerance, Reflections on the Morality of the Christian Religion, Conclusion

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Education of Daughters: Prefatory Note, Preface, The Nursery, Moral Discipline, Exterior Accomplishments, Artificial Manners, Dress, The Fine Arts, Reading, Boarding-Schools, The Temper, Unfortunate Situation of Females, Fashionably Educated, and Left without a Fortune, Love, Matrimony, Desultory Thoughts, The Benefits which Arise from Disappointments, On the Treatment of Servants, The Observance of Sunday, On the Misfortune of Fluctuating Principles, Benevolence, Card-Playing, The Theatre, Public Places, The Female Reader: Prefatory Note, Preface, Select Desultory Thoughts: Addressed to Females, Book I: The Importance of Religion to Minds of Sensibility, Continuation of the Story of La Roche, Conclusion of the Story of La Roche, The History of Joseph, Joseph’s Interview With His Brethren, Filial Attention, The Filial Piety and Affection of a Daughter, Filial Obedience Rewarded, The History of Inkle and Yarico, Crazy Kate, The Folly of Being Led by Fashion, The Absurdity of Extremes, The Contrast, On the Loss of Beauty, The Discovery of America, The Influence of Science on the Manners of Men, Book II: Female Passion for Dress and Shew, On Cleanliness, The Art of Improving Beauty, The Art of Being Pretty, Dress, The Same Subject, The Same Subject, Dress Subservient to Useful Purposes, Ode to a Young Lady on Dress, On Employment, Benevolent Employments, The Same Subject Continued, On Waste of Time, Indolence and Want of Thought, The Bad Effects of Indolence, On the Government of the Temper, On Obedience, Humility, On Politeness, False Sensibility, False Notions of Sentiment, A Fable, Vanity And Affectation, Dissimulation, The Natural Beauty, A Definition of Taste, True Elegance, Ridicule, Music, An Association of Ideas Produced by Rural Sounds, Essay on Talkativeness, On Telling of Secrets, Justice Defined, On Covetousness, True Pleasure Defined, True End of Life, A Letter On Letter-Writing, The Advantages Arising from Reading, Book III: A Vision, Carazan: A Vision On Social Love, Verses, An Allegory, Pity: An Allegory, Esther’s Interview with the King, St Paul Taking Leave of His Friends, Lazarus Raised from the Dead, The Widow’s Son Raised from the Dead, Christ’s Agony. - Peter’s Denial of Christ, The Death of Christ, and the Penitent Thief, A Character of Christ, The Ignorance and Weakness of Man, The Ignorance of Man, A Grateful Effusion, Peter’s Want of Faith, A Paraphrase on the Latter Part of the Sixth Chapter of Saint Matthew, The Peace of God, Dying Friends, Hymn on Death, On the Resurrection, The Last Judgment, The Judgments of God, The Lamentations of the Jews in Captivity, A Prophetic Description of the Destruction of Babylon, The Punishment of the Wicked Foretold, Divine Mercy, Esau Deprived of his Father’s Blessing, David’s Lamentation for the Death of his Son, Gloster, Edgar, and Old Man, Gloster and Edgar, Kent and Gentleman, Cordelia, Kent, and Physician, Hubert and Executioners, King Philip, Constance, and Pandulpho, Lady Macbeth, Doctor and Gentlewoman, Macbeth and Doctor, Macbeth. Seyton, William and Margaret. an Old Scotch Ballad, Sonnet to Sleep, The Friar of Orders Gray, The Mouse’s Petition, The Dying Kid, Sonnet to a Nightingale, Song from the Lapland Tongue, A Fragment, Book IV: Lord and Lady Townly, Between Colonel Rivers and His Daughter, on Her Intended Elopement, Bevil and Indiana, Orlando and Rosalind, Prospero and Miranda, Prospero, Miranda, Ferdinand, and Ariel Singing Invisible, Ariel’s Song, Ferdinand Bearing a Log, Prospero and Ariel, Miranda, Ferdinand, Etc., Imogen and Pisanio, Imogen in Boy’s Clothes, Bellarius and Guiderius, Dirge in Cymbeline, Queen and Lady, Conversation Between Adam and Eve on Going to Rest, The Camelion; A Fable, The Sparrow and Diamond, The Monkies; A Tale, The Nightingale and Glow–Worm; A Fable, The Goose and the Swans; A Fable, The Pin and the Needle: A Fable, The Two Bees: A Fable, Indirect Disputes, A Conversation on Truth, Lying Punished, Book V: The Character of Queen Elizabeth, The Character of Mary Queen of Scots, A Portrait of Mankind Influenced by Vanity, The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds Comparatively Considered, A Devotional Psalm, The Pleasures of the Country, Men and Animals Compared, Tenderness for Animals, An Evening’s Invocation to Winter, The Empress of Russia’s Palace of Ice, The Post Boy, An Invocation to the Stars, Written at Midnight During a Thunder–Storm, Ode on Oelus’s Harp, On Slavery, The Bastile, On Humanity, Poverty and Luxury Contrasted, A Character, A Character, A Comparison, A Comparison, On a Lady’s Writing, Female Amusements, True Gaiety, To Stella Visiting Me in My Sickness, Dorina, Lucy. A Conversation, Dorina, Toinetta, Lucy, Lucy, Dorina, Portrait of a Modern Fine Lady, Stella’s Birth-Day, Ornaments, Book VI Devotional Pieces, and Reflections on Religious Subjects, Original Stories: Prefatory Note, Preface, Introduction, Moral Conversations and Stories: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Chapter XIV, Chapter XV, Chapter XVI, Chapter XVII, Chapter XVIII, Chapter XIX, Chapter XX, Chapter XXI, Chapter XXII, Chapter XXIII, Chapter XXIV, Chapter XXV, Management of Infants, Lessons

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A Vindication of the rights of men: Prefatory Note, Advertisement, A Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, A Vindication of the rights of woman: Prefatory Note, To M. Talleyrand-PÉrigord Late Bishop of Autun, Advertisement, Introduction, Vindication of the Rights of Woman Part I: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter IX, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, Chapter XIII, Hints (from Posthumous Works): Prefatory Note, Hints

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An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution, Book I: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Book II: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Book III: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Book IV: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Book V: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Letters written in Sweden, Norway and Denmark: Prefatory Note, Advertisement, Letter I, Letter II, Letter III, Letter IV, Letter V, Letter VI, Letter VII, Letter VIII, Letter IX, Letter X, Letter XI, Letter XII, Letter XIII, Letter XIV, Letter XV, Letter XVI, Letter XVII, Letter XVIII, Letter XIX, Letter XX, Letter XXI, Letter XXII, Letter XXIII, Letter XXIV, Letter XXV, Appendix, Notes, Letters to Joseph Johnson (from Posthumous Works): Prefatory Note, Letter I, Letter II, Letter III, Letter IV, Letter V, Letter VI, Letter VII, Letter VIII, Letter IX, Letter X, Letter XI, Letter XII, Letter XIII, Letter XIV, Letter XV, Letter XVI, Letters to Gilbert Imlay (from Posthumous Works_: Prefatory Note, Preface, Letter I, Letter II, Letter III, Letter IV, Letter V, Letter VI, Letter VII, Letter VIII, Letter IX, Letter X, Letter XI, Letter XII, Letter XIII, Letter XIV, Letter XV, Letter XVI, Letter XVII, Letter XVIII, Letter XIX, Letter XX, Letter XXI, Letter XXII, Letter XXIII , Letter XXIV, Letter XXV, Letter XXVI, Letter XXVII, Letter XXVIII, Letter XXIX, Letter XXX, Letter XXXI, Letter XXXII, Letter XXXIII, Letter XXXIV, Letter XXXV, Letter XXXVI, Letter XXXVII, Letter XXXVIII, Letter XXXIX, Letter XL, Letter XLI, Letter XLII, Letter XLIII, Letter XLIV, Letter XLV, Letter XLVI, Letter XLVII, Letter XLVIII, Letter XLIX, Letter L, Letter LI, Letter LII, Letter LIII, Letter LIV, Letter LV, Letter LVI, Letter LVII, Letter LVIII, Letter LIX, Letter LX, Letter LXI, Letter LXII, Letter LXIII, Letter LXIV, Letter LXV, Letter LXVI, Letter LXVII, Letter LXVIII, Letter LXIX, Letter LXX, Letter LXXI, Letter LXXIII, Letter LXXIV, Letter LXXV, Letter LXXVI, Letter LXXVII, Letter LXXVIII, Letter on the Character of the French Nation (from Posthumous Works): Prefatory Note, Introductory to a Series of Letters on the Present Character of the French Nation

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On Poetry (from Posthumous Works): Prefatory Note, On Poetry, Contributions to the Analytical Review 1788–1797: Prefatory Note, Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV, Volume V, Volume VI, Volume VII, Volume VIII, Volume IX, Volume X, Volume XI, Volume XII, Volume XIII, Volume XIV, Volume XXIII, Volume XXIV, Volume XXV

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