Mary, A Fiction

This is a fascinating story if you read it from the perspective of intellectual history, in the context of its times and as a reflection of Mary Wollstonecraft's evolving ideas. Inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's conviction that geniuses are self-taught, but in defiance of his poorly-drawn, two-dim......more

I notice a lot of the negative reviews of this novel focus on Mary as a character, her self-absorption and 'obsession with herself' - I can't help but disagree. Mary is a fundamentally selfless character, consistently (naively) hopeful that others will behave as well to her as she does to them. That......more

Very hard to know how to rate this in 2021. Wollstonecraft is simply brilliant and far ahead of her time. I can't imagine giving this, or any of her works, fewer than 5 stars. I found this challenging to get through, because the writing was definitely tailor made for folks in the 1700s. For me, it w......more

klasik bir roman gibi düşünmemek lazım, dönemin ölçülerine ve beklentilerine uyarak ilginç bir kadın portresi sunulmuş, Lou Salome'nin iki romanında da aynı şey vardı, yazar daha özgür düşünceli, zihni açık bir kadının var olabileceğini ispatlamak, böyle bir kadının ruhundan, davranışlarından ve kiş......more

mary🤩the emotions🥺the imagery🤩the sublime🥺......more