1759-1797

A free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, featuring over 300 pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations.

"This...dual biography brings to life a pioneering English feminist and the daughter she never knew. Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley have each been the subject of numerous biographies, yet no one has ever examined their lives in one book - until now. In 'Romantic Outlaws,' Charlotte Gordon reunites the...author who wrote 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' and the Romantic visionary who gave the world 'Frankenstein'- two courageous women who should have shared their lives, but instead shared a powerful literary and feminist legacy" --amazon.com.

Chronicles the life and career of Mary Wallstonecraft who is considered to be the founder of modern feminism, and describes her life and work in eighteenth-century Europe.

Examines the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, and Mary Shelley and how the writings of each constitute a personal and complex dialogue with each other, and explores ongoing public resistance to the family's unique set of values.

Examines the life and work of late eighteenth-century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, discussing the controversy she raised with the publication of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.".

A comprehensive account of the Godwins and Shelleys, two families who shed light on the history and literature of the revolutionary and romantic age.