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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Charlotte Gordon explores the writing that made Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley famous: Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Shelley's Frankenstein. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Testing times lie ahead when love and loss loom large for both Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Mary Wollstonecraft is surprised by love and makes a compromise. Meanwhile, further tragedy awaits Mary Shelley. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Juliet Aubrey and Ellie Kendrick read Charlotte Gordon's biography of pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and her novelist daughter Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein. Show more
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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Revolutionary France leads Mary Wollstonecraft to make a life-changing decision. Meanwhile, following Frankenstein's publication, Mary Shelley considers a new start. Show more
