Maria
or, The Wrongs of Woman
12 October 1994
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
In Maria, Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.'
Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.
Also By: Mary Wollstonecraft 
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: A Norton Critical Edition
Third Edition, Paperback, 2009
Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work.