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Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

Wollstonecraft, Mary 1759-1797 (Author). Brekke, Tone. (Added Author). Mee, Jon. (Added Author).

Summary: Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is both an arresting travel book and a personal memoir. In it Wollstonecraft describes the sublime landscape and the events and people she encounters. This edition includes reviews, additional letters, and documents on the background to the journey. - ;'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, Wollstonecraf.

Record details

  • ISBN: 6612199423
  • ISBN: 9786612199424
  • ISBN: 9781282199422
  • ISBN: 1282199420
  • ISBN: 9780199230631
  • ISBN: 0199230633
  • ISBN: 0191567388
  • ISBN: 9780191567384
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xli, 195 pages).
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  • Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxvi).
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Mary Wollstonecraft; Map: Mary Wollstonecraft's journey through Scandinavia; LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A SHORT RESIDENCE IN SWEDEN, NORWAY, AND DENMARK; Appendix 1: Wollstonecraft's Commission from Imlay; Appendix 2: Wollstonecraft's Letter to the Danish Prime Minister, Count Bernstorff; Appendix 3: Wollstonecraft's Letters to Imlay; Appendix 4: From William Godwin, Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Appendix 5: Contemporary Reviews; Explanatory Notes
Restrictions on Access Note:
NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:
English.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Feminists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Correspondence
Scandinavia -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Correspondence (Wollstonecraft, Mary) -- Correspondence (Wollstonecraft, Mary)
Wollstonecraft, Mary -- 1759-1797
Imlay, Gilbert -- 1754?-1828?
Wollstonecraft, Mary -- 1759-1797
Wollstonecraft, Mary -- 1759-1797 -- Travel -- Scandinavia
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Early works.
Personal correspondence.

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