They did not know each other, although they were linked by the strongest blood ties. They were both equally uncompromising:they led lives that shocked their contemporaries because it did not fit the standards of the era. Thanks to this, they gained immortal fame - but at what cost?
Rebels. The amazing life of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley
Author :Charlotte Gordon
Translation :Paulina Surniak
Awarded with the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award Rebels depict the captivating story of two extraordinary women, Mary Shelley, author of the iconic Frankenstein , and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft - the English pioneer of feminism.
The curiosity is based on the book by Charlotte Gordon "Rebels" (Poznań Publishing House 2019).
Both became famous as writers, fell in love with brilliant yet unbearable men and raised illegitimate children alone . Both lived in exile, had to fight for their position in the world, and at the same time broke all possible conventions - Wollstonecraft chased pirates around Scandinavia and sailed to Paris to take part in the Great Revolution, while Shelley escaped from home in a fishing boat with a married man and against Neapolitan bandits.
Perhaps most importantly, they both proclaimed that women's rights should be important to all.
On the pages of this amazing and revealing biography, two visionaries meet, who did not get to know each other, but who nevertheless left behind a huge shared heritage . As writers, thinkers and women.
An in-depth look at the work of two scandalists living in Victorian England, whose history resonates to this day.
"Vogue"
The book reads like the best novel populated with fascinating characters. It's hard to resist!
"The Seattle Times"
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