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.Caleb Williams (Oxford World's Classics)

by: William Godwin

July 16, 1998
This novel is a forceful combination of political / social / judicial criticism, thriller elements and a powerful investigation into the real nature of man.

Politically, the author castigates the chasm between what one ought to do and reality: `We that are rich must do every thing in our power to lighten the yoke of these unfortunate people. We must not use the advantage that accident has given us with an unmerciful hand.' Nevertheless, `wealth and despotism easily know how to engage those laws as the coadjutor of their oppression, which were perhaps at first intended for the safeguards of the poor.'
Justice is totally biased: `Mr. Falkland is a man of rank and fortune; he is your master. I am a poor country lad without a ... Read More:
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.Caleb Williams: or, Things as They are: Or, Things as They Are (Penguin Classics)

by: William Godwin

February 24, 2005
I first read this novel 14 years ago for educational purposes and absolutely loved it.
Upon rereading the novel I discovered that the intervening years, or perhaps more pertinently, my changed circumstances and world view have somewhat lessened my enjoyment.
I hasten to add my circumstances have not changed so much that I am now Falkland incarnate, but the unremitting misery heaped on Caleb does begin to grate after a while, or rather the constant bemoaning of the social order and those in authority's misuse of its associated power does. Maybe I've just been hardened by life, I don't know!
The other problem I had was the ending which was out of kilter with the previous 200 pages. To say the ending is implausible would be the understatement ... Read More:
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.A Short Residence in Sweden: AND Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman' (Classics)

by: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin

April 30, 1987
This edition offers two works that complement each other with a sincerity and sagacity that is inspiring. Mary Wollstonecraft, the adventurous `single' mother, proto feminist, free thinker, seeking happiness but beset by a love for a man who is unable to return her devotion. William Godwin, intellectual, Radical, an objectively passionate writer who was to become an influential force for modern biographical development. Holmes' erudite introduction helpfully explains the context for Wollstonecraft's trip to Scandinavia, providing the biographical background necessary to understand Wollstonecraft's views on diverse issues such as commerce, the role of women, capital punishment, her lover's negligence towards her and their daughter (the ill fated Fanny). Godwin, as ... Read More:
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.Caleb Williams: Things As They Are

by: William Godwin

March 31, 1988
This novel is a forceful combination of political / social / judicial criticism, thriller elements and a powerful investigation into the real nature of man.

Politically, the author castigates the chasm between what one ought to do and reality: `We that are rich must do every thing in our power to lighten the yoke of these unfortunate people. We must not use the advantage that accident has given us with an unmerciful hand.' Nevertheless, `wealth and despotism easily know how to engage those laws as the coadjutor of their oppression, which were perhaps at first intended for the safeguards of the poor.'
Justice is totally biased: `Mr. Falkland is a man of rank and fortune; he is your master. I am a poor country lad without a friend in the world. That ... Read More:
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.Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman

by: Mary Wollstonecraft

November 29, 2005
This unfinished story is the product of a fierce feminist and a profound socially-minded author.

It is a biting aggressive work: 'Was not the world a vast prison and women born slaves?'. 'Women, the out-laws of the world'. 'Born a woman - and born to suffer ... I feel more acutely the various ills my sex are fated to bear. I feel that the evils they are subject to endure, degrade them so far below their oppressors, as almost to justify their tyranny.'

One of the author's targets is marriage, 'matrimonial despotism of heart and conduct'.
'But a wife being as much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her own.'
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.Caleb Williams (World's Classics)

by: William Godwin

September 16, 1982
This unfinished story is the product of a fierce feminist and a profound socially-minded author.

It is a biting aggressive work: 'Was not the world a vast prison and women born slaves?'. 'Women, the out-laws of the world'. 'Born a woman - and born to suffer ... I feel more acutely the various ills my sex are fated to bear. I feel that the evils they are subject to endure, degrade them so far below their oppressors, as almost to justify their tyranny.'

One of the author's targets is marriage, 'matrimonial despotism of heart and conduct'.
'But a wife being as much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her own.'
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.Caleb Williams, or, Things as they are (Four Square Gothic mysteries)

by: William Godwin

1966
This unfinished story is the product of a fierce feminist and a profound socially-minded author.

It is a biting aggressive work: 'Was not the world a vast prison and women born slaves?'. 'Women, the out-laws of the world'. 'Born a woman - and born to suffer ... I feel more acutely the various ills my sex are fated to bear. I feel that the evils they are subject to endure, degrade them so far below their oppressors, as almost to justify their tyranny.'

One of the author's targets is marriage, 'matrimonial despotism of heart and conduct'.
'But a wife being as much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her own.'
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.Caleb Williams, or, Things as they are; with an introduction by Ernest A. Baker

by: William Godwin

1966
This unfinished story is the product of a fierce feminist and a profound socially-minded author.

It is a biting aggressive work: 'Was not the world a vast prison and women born slaves?'. 'Women, the out-laws of the world'. 'Born a woman - and born to suffer ... I feel more acutely the various ills my sex are fated to bear. I feel that the evils they are subject to endure, degrade them so far below their oppressors, as almost to justify their tyranny.'

One of the author's targets is marriage, 'matrimonial despotism of heart and conduct'.
'But a wife being as much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her own.'
Marriage laws are absurd 'leading ... Read More:
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.St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century

by: William D. Brewer, William Godwin

November 30, 2005
This unfinished story is the product of a fierce feminist and a profound socially-minded author.

It is a biting aggressive work: 'Was not the world a vast prison and women born slaves?'. 'Women, the out-laws of the world'. 'Born a woman - and born to suffer ... I feel more acutely the various ills my sex are fated to bear. I feel that the evils they are subject to endure, degrade them so far below their oppressors, as almost to justify their tyranny.'

One of the author's targets is marriage, 'matrimonial despotism of heart and conduct'.
'But a wife being as much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her own.'
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.The adventures of Caleb Williams, or, Things as they are (First novel library)

by: William Godwin

1966
This unfinished story is the product of a fierce feminist and a profound socially-minded author.

It is a biting aggressive work: 'Was not the world a vast prison and women born slaves?'. 'Women, the out-laws of the world'. 'Born a woman - and born to suffer ... I feel more acutely the various ills my sex are fated to bear. I feel that the evils they are subject to endure, degrade them so far below their oppressors, as almost to justify their tyranny.'

One of the author's targets is marriage, 'matrimonial despotism of heart and conduct'.
'But a wife being as much a man's property as his horse, or his ass, she has nothing she can call her own.'
Marriage laws are absurd 'leading ... Read More:
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