Godwin, William 1756-1836 creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by William Godwin is a biography published in 1798. Written just months after his wife Mary Wollstonecraft's death, Godwin presents an unusually frank portrait of her life—including details eighteenth-century British society deemed scandalous. Inspired by Rousseau's "Confessions," he reveals her love affairs, illegitimate child, and suicide attempts. The memoir sparked immediate controversy, forcing revisions and damaging reputations, yet it remains an invaluable document of Wollstonecraft's extraordinary life and emerging biographical practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_the_Author_of_A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman Release date is 2005-07-04 Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. Original publication data not identified Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography Feminists -- Great Britain -- Biography PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16199 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16199 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133359.0 16199