The Choice

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Editore: Private Distribution, London, 1876

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is known for her novel, Frankenstein. However, she was more than the author of one famous novel. Mary was a poet as well as a novelist, and she also edited her husband s poems and published them herself after his death. This piece shows a different side to the author of Frankenstein, and it also shows an interesting glimpse into the lives of the Shelleys. Mary had a tragic life, losing all of her children except one and now her husband as well. "The Choice" shows Mary Shelley as a poet as well as a novelist, and also as a mourning mother and wife. Mary Shelley wrote "The Choice" shortly after her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, died in a boating accident in Italy. More than a eulogy, the poem reflects on the time the couple spent in Italy and how his death has tainted the country she once found joy in. Wollstonecraft was one of the first to question the relation between the sexes. Her philosophy dictated that women were to be more than just wives and caretakers. First edition. 5¾" - 9". Codice articolo 277062

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Titolo: The Choice

Casa editrice: Private Distribution, London

Data di pubblicazione: 1876

Legatura: soft cover

Condizione: Very good

Edizione: First edition.

Tipologia articolo: book