Mary; Maria / Mathilda

Overview

With two stories written by the feminist writer of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" and a third story written by her daughter, the author of the classic Frankenstein, this compilation of Romantic tales provides insight into the lives of women in the 19th century. Exploring female identity and subjectivity, these stories focus on the claustrophobia produced by the conventional household and by a woman's expected role within it. With a good dose of social consciousness, these stories are sure to both entertain and educate readers of the 21st century as they did those in the past. Incluyendo dos cuentos escritos por la escritora feminista de "Vindicación de los derechos de la mujer" y un tercer cuento por su hija, la autora del clásico Frankenstein, esta compilación de cuentos del romanticismo arroja luz sobre la situación de las mujeres durante el siglo XIX. Explorando la identidad y subjetividad femenina, estas historias se enfocan sobre la claustrofobia causada por el hogar convencional y por el papel dentro del mismo que se espera que la mujer desempeñe. Con una buena dósis de conciencia social, estas historias entretendrán y educarán a lectores del siglo XXI tal como lo hicieron con los del pasado.

Author Biography

Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century writer and philosopher, and is considered to be one of the first feminists of the Western world. She authored many books, including A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Mary Shelley was a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer best known for writing Frankenstein. She also edited the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.  Íñigo Jáuregui is a philologist, a professor of Spanish, and a translator. Cristina Suárez is a professor of Spanish for non-native speakers and a translator. Anne-Marie Lecouté is a translator.