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Title: Letters written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0199230633
EAN: 9780199230631
ISBN: 9780199230631
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 12/03/2009
Description: 'If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.'William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, Wollstonecraft's most popular book during her lifetime. Not easy to categorize, it is both an arresting travel book and a moving exploration of her personal and political selves. Wollstonecraft set out for Scandinavia just two weeks after her first suicide attempt, on a mission from the lover whose affections she doubted, to recover his silver on a ship that had gone missing. With her baby daughter and a nursemaid, she travelled across the dramatic landscape and wrote sublime descriptions of the natural world, and the events and people she encountered. What emerges most vividly is Wollstonecraft's courage and ability to look beyond her own suffering to the turmoil around her in revolutionary Europe, and a better future.This edition includes further material on the silver ship, Wollstonecraft's personal letters to Imlay during her trip, an extract from Godwin's memoir, and a selection of contemporary reviews. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 195mm
Item Length: 128mm
Item Width: 15mm
Contributor: Tone Brekke (Edited by), Jon Mee (Edited by)
Genre: Biography
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics
Topic: Travel & Transport
Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
Item Weight: 180g
Release Year: 2009

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