| Evidence: | 'Whenever I read Milton's description of paradise - the happiness, which he so poetically describes fills me with benevolent satisfaction - yet, I cannot help viewing them, I mean the first pair - as if they were my inferiors - inferiors because they could find happiness in a world like this.' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 30 Sep 1790 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 27 Apr 1759 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | governess then writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Milton |
| Title: | Paradise Lost |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7038 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Mary Wollstonecraft | |
| Editor: | Ralph M. Wardle | |
| Title: | Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 195 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Mary Wollstonecraft, Ralph M. Wardle (ed.), Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (New York, 1979), p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7038, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Letter from Mary Wollstonecraft to Everina Wollstonecraft, Sept 1790 |
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