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"The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay" by Mary Wollstonecraft is a collection of personal correspondence written in the late 18th century. The letters chronicle Wollstonecraft's passionate relationship with Imlay, illustrating her profound emotional struggles and her aspirations for love, family, and personal fulfillment. Wollstonecraft's reflections provide insight into her experiences as a woman navigating the complexities of romance and societal expectations. The opening of the collection establishes the background of Wollstonecraft's life, offering a glimpse into her upbringing and friendships that shaped her character. It details her initial impressions of Imlay, evolving from dislike to deep affection. As the letters unfold, we see her articulate her emotional state, her joys of pregnancy, and her longings for companionship and understanding, often punctuated by moments of despair and uncertainty regarding their relationship. These letters encapsulate not jus

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Of Mary Wollstonecraft's ancestors little is known, except that they were
of Irish descent. Her father, Edward John Wollstonecraft, was the son of a
prosperous Spitalfields manufacturer of Irish birth, from whom he
inherited the sum of ten thousand pounds. He married towards the middle of
the eighteenth century Elizabeth Dixon, the daughter of a gentleman in
good position, of Ballyshannon, by whom he had six children: Edward, Mary,
Everina, Eliza, James, and Charles. Mary, the eldest daughter and second
child, was born on April 27, 1759, the birth year of Burns and Schiller,
and the last year of George II.'s reign. She passed her childhood, until
she was five years old, in the neighbourhood of Epping Forest, but it is
doubtful whether she was born there or at Hoxton. Mr. Wollstonecraft
followed no profession in particular, although from time to time he
dabbled in a variety of pursuits when seized with a desire to make money.
He is described as of idle, dissipated habits, and possessed of an
ungovernable temper and a restless spirit that urged him to perpetual
changes of residence. From Hoxton, where he squandered most of his
fortune, he wandered to Essex, and then, among other places, in 1768 to
Beverley, in Yorkshire. Later he took up farming at Laugharne in
Pembrokeshire, but he at length grew tired of this experiment and returned
once more to London. As his fortunes declined, his brutality and
selfishness increased, and Mary was frequently compelled to defend her
mother from his acts of personal violence, sometimes by thrusting herself
bodily between him and his victim. Mrs. Wollstonecraft herself was far
from being an amiable woman; a petty tyrant and a stern but incompetent
ruler of her household, she treated Mary as the scapegoat of the family.
Mary's early years

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