--- product_id: 316615942 title: "Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley" price: "11905CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/316615942-romantic-outlaws-the-extraordinary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # 4.7/5 Star Rating from 315 Reviews National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Dual Biography with Alternating Chapters Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley **Price:** 11905CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the untold legacy of feminism’s fiercest mother-daughter duo! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley - **How much does it cost?** 11905CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/316615942-romantic-outlaws-the-extraordinary-lives-of-mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Award-Winning Insight:** Dive into a critically acclaimed biography that reshaped feminist literature understanding. - • **Highly Rated & Respected:** Join thousands of readers who rated this biography 4.7 stars for its depth and storytelling excellence. - • **Dual Generational Narrative:** Experience the intertwined lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley in a unique alternating chapter format. - • **Engaging & Accessible Prose:** Enjoy a lucid, highly readable style that makes complex historical lives compelling and relatable. - • **Feminist Pioneer & Literary Icon:** Explore the groundbreaking contributions of two revolutionary women shaping feminist and literary history. ## Overview Romantic Outlaws is a dual biography that vividly chronicles the extraordinary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft, a pioneering feminist, and her daughter Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and praised for its engaging, lucid narrative, this book offers a compelling exploration of their personal struggles, radical ideas, and lasting impact on literature and women's rights. ## Description NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES This groundbreaking dual biography brings to life a pioneering English feminist and the daughter she never knew. Mary Wo Review: An Enthralling and Highly Readable Double Biography - It was with some trepidation that I bought this mighty tome, this double biography with alternating chapters on Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Godwin, better known as Mary Shelley, I wondered would it work? Well, the answer is a resounding, yes. At first the alternating chapters seem odd, even irritating, and interrupt the flow, but as the book progresses the prevailing influence of Wollstonecraft and her husband William Godwin upon the successive generation becomes more obvious and the structure of the book increasingly relevant. Many prospective readers will know Wollstonecraft as a pioneering author on equal rights for women in daily life. However, her biography is an enthralling story of a thrusting and pioneering woman who set to work very early in life but who seemed prone to disastrous relationships with men, resulting in two suicide attempts. This drove her to ever greater efforts to support herself with her writing; an almost unique ambition for the late 18th century. Perhaps her greatest stroke of luck was to befriend the radical publisher Joseph Johnson, famous for publishing the work of Thomas Paine, William Cowper and Erasmus Darwin, and who stood by Wollstonecraft all her life. Finally Wollstonecraft meets the killjoy Calvinist philosopher William Godwin and embarks upon a unique marriage contract. Perhaps more widely known than her mother these days is Mary Shelley, the second daughter of Wollstonecraft and author of ‘Frankenstein’, the groundbreaking work and most misunderstood book born out of that stormy night in 1816 at Byron’s ‘Villa Diodati’ on the edge of Lake Geneva. The romantic elopement of Mary with the poet Percy Shelley and the flight to Europe in search of a radical new way of living are quite well known, but perhaps less well appreciated is the influence of her mother on both Mary and Shelley. Mary Shelley strove to further the work of her mother not only in ‘Frankenstein’ but in her other copious writing. Again, like her mother she had a difficult relationship with her capricious and restless partner (Shelley was initially already married). The prodigious efforts by Mary to preserve and publish the poetical work of Shelley and the philosophical work of her father is a heartbreaking tale of devotion against very great odds in itself. This is a highly engaging double biography written in a wonderfully lucid style. Despite the subjects being pioneers of the rights of women potential readers should not be put off, these are well rounded and interesting biographies and contain no hint of the boring diatribes one may sometimes encounter around the subject of ‘feminism’. Highly recommended to all interested in biography. Review: Libro illuminante - Molto interessante e godibile. Da rileggere. ## Features - Random House Inc ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #411,872 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #339 in Biographies of Authors #379 in Literary Criticism & Theory #775 in Literary Movements & Periods | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 315 Reviews | ## Images ![Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/811L5QMDN2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Enthralling and Highly Readable Double Biography *by D***N on 14 July 2015* It was with some trepidation that I bought this mighty tome, this double biography with alternating chapters on Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Godwin, better known as Mary Shelley, I wondered would it work? Well, the answer is a resounding, yes. At first the alternating chapters seem odd, even irritating, and interrupt the flow, but as the book progresses the prevailing influence of Wollstonecraft and her husband William Godwin upon the successive generation becomes more obvious and the structure of the book increasingly relevant. Many prospective readers will know Wollstonecraft as a pioneering author on equal rights for women in daily life. However, her biography is an enthralling story of a thrusting and pioneering woman who set to work very early in life but who seemed prone to disastrous relationships with men, resulting in two suicide attempts. This drove her to ever greater efforts to support herself with her writing; an almost unique ambition for the late 18th century. Perhaps her greatest stroke of luck was to befriend the radical publisher Joseph Johnson, famous for publishing the work of Thomas Paine, William Cowper and Erasmus Darwin, and who stood by Wollstonecraft all her life. Finally Wollstonecraft meets the killjoy Calvinist philosopher William Godwin and embarks upon a unique marriage contract. Perhaps more widely known than her mother these days is Mary Shelley, the second daughter of Wollstonecraft and author of ‘Frankenstein’, the groundbreaking work and most misunderstood book born out of that stormy night in 1816 at Byron’s ‘Villa Diodati’ on the edge of Lake Geneva. The romantic elopement of Mary with the poet Percy Shelley and the flight to Europe in search of a radical new way of living are quite well known, but perhaps less well appreciated is the influence of her mother on both Mary and Shelley. Mary Shelley strove to further the work of her mother not only in ‘Frankenstein’ but in her other copious writing. Again, like her mother she had a difficult relationship with her capricious and restless partner (Shelley was initially already married). The prodigious efforts by Mary to preserve and publish the poetical work of Shelley and the philosophical work of her father is a heartbreaking tale of devotion against very great odds in itself. This is a highly engaging double biography written in a wonderfully lucid style. Despite the subjects being pioneers of the rights of women potential readers should not be put off, these are well rounded and interesting biographies and contain no hint of the boring diatribes one may sometimes encounter around the subject of ‘feminism’. Highly recommended to all interested in biography. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Libro illuminante *by N***5 on 12 October 2024* Molto interessante e godibile. Da rileggere. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ wonderful biographies. *by J***N on 23 May 2015* If I could give this six stars, I would. 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