Mary Wollstonecraft - Böcker

ÅR 1792, mitt under franska revolutionen, författade den då 33-åriga Mary Wollstonecraft sin glödande skrift Till försvar för kvinnans rättigheter. Det är ett briljant manifest för kvinnans rätt till självständighet och intellektuell utveckling oc...

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Försokratikerna, Fragment Platon, Gorgias Aristoteles, Den nikomachiska etiken Augustinus, Om kyskhet Anselm, Proslogion Christine de Pizan, Boken om damernas stad Pico, Talet om människans värdighet Kramer & Sprenger, Häxhammaren Erasmus, Dår...

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Mary Shelleys timeless gothic classic accompanied by the art of legendary illustrator Bernie Wrightson live on in this gorgeous illustrated adaptation of Frankensteinfeaturing an introduction by Stephen King. Few works by comic book artists have e...

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Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman at...

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Revered as an icon of horror and perhaps the genesis of modern science fiction, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein electrified the world with its haunting exploration of what makes a man or a monster. Rediscover this captivating masterwork in an elegant ...

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ÅR 1792, mitt under franska revolutionen, författade den då 33-åriga Mary Wollstonecraft sin glödande skrift Till försvar för kvinnans rättigheter. Det är ett briljant manifest för kvinnans rätt till självständighet och intellektuell utveckling oc...

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I Brev till en svekfull älskare blir Mary Wollstonecraft alltmer desperat i sina försök att få idealbilden av en kärleksfull make och far att stämma överens med den svårhanterliga verkligheten. Hon befinner sig i Paris under franska revolutionens ...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is the world's most famous Gothic novel and the first work of science fiction, with Frankenstein's monster being a symbol of science gone awry. Shelley's masterpiece has inspired numerous films, plays and other books. T...

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Mary Wollstonecraft har gått till historien med sitt välformulerade försvar av kvinnans rättigheter. Här möter vi samma författare, i samma ärende, men i två texter där hon utvecklar sitt manifes...

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Told in the form of a series of letters 'Frankenstein" follows a young and charismatic Victor Frankenstein as he attempts to make his mark on the world of science. Taking a number of body parts from various corpses, he brings a monstrous creation ...

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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enri...

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"I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vi...

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An annotated and illustrated edition of Mary Shelley's classic work, celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2018. First published in 1818, Frankenstein has spellbound, disturbed, and fascinated readers for generations. One of the most haunting ...

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Shelley’s mold-breaking and genre-creating Frankenstein hasn’t been out of print since its first  publication in 1818, though the story of science and dark melodrama has been reconfigured and reanimated many times over the years&m...

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The most celebrated horror story ever written. The dreadful tale of Victor Frankenstein, a visionary young student of natural philosophy, who discovers the secret of life. In the grip of his obsession he constructs and animates a creature from dea...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.'My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state...

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A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was two hundred years ago. Before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived, Wollstonecraft wrote this book, a...

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In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original minds of the late eighteenth century: A Short Residence in Sweden is the record of Wollston...

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'She is alive and active - we hear her voice and trace her influence even now' Virginia WoolfWriting in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of fe...

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These three works of fiction - two by Mary Wollstonecraft, the radical author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and one by her daughter Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein - are powerfully emotive stories that combine passion with forcefu...

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In these two closely linked works - a travel book and a biography of its author - we witness a moving encounter between two of the most daring and original minds of the late eighteenth century: A Short Residence in Sweden is the record of Wollston...

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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enri...

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'If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.'William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and D...

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Shelley's suspenseful and intellectually rich gothic tale confronts some of the most important and enduring themes in all of literture-the power of human imagination, the potential hubris of science, the gulf between appearance and essence, the ef...

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This volume brings together extracts of the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It traces her passionate and indignant response to the excitement of the early days of the ...

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This volume brings together extracts of the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It traces her passionate and indignant response to the excitement of the early days of the ...

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'If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.'William Godwin, the author's future husband, was not alone in admiring Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and D...

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'The last man! I may well describe that solitary being's feelings, feeling myself as the last relic of a beloved race, my companions extinct before me.' Mary Shelley, Journal (May 1824). Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley ...

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