- Published: 26 September 2019
- ISBN: 9780241422557
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $27.99
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Published: 26 September 2019
- ISBN: 9780241422557
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $27.99
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Mary Wollstonecraft's words ring as true today - and are as little heeded by government - as when she wrote them, 200 years ago, in her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Guardian
The first pebble in the later avalanche of the women's rights movement
Melvyn Bragg, Guardian
A book that was bold in its time and is now considered the notable forerunner of the women's movement
New York Times
The first great piece of feminist writing
Independent
Changed the world for generations of women to come
Sunday Times
A radical, rationalist and revolutionary, Wollstonecraft combined faith in both reason and emotion in her seminal work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Sunday Times
Her voice is as fresh and as urgent as ever
Bee Rowlatt, Telegraph
A classic of post-revolutionary thought, shaped by the Enlightenment, Wollstonecraft’s Vindication changed life for women the world over
Guardian
You’ll still find, articulated in thrilling clarity, the essence of Wollstonecraft’s argument for the education of women, and for an increased female participation in everyday society… A classic of post-revolutionary thought, shaped by the Enlightenment, Wollstonecraft’s Vindication changed life for women the world over.
Robert McCrmum, Guardian