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Romantic Outlaws - The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Episode 2: Writing Lives

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Juliet Aubrey and Ellie Kendrick read Charlotte Gordon's biography of the extraordinary lives of the pioneering feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft and her novelist daughter, Mary Shelley. Today's episode explores the writing that made them famous; Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Shelley's Frankenstein.

Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Show less

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