A review by beautifulpaxielreads
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

It took me nearly two months to finish Romantic Outlaws, but I am so glad I persevered. The amount of research that Charlotte Gordon did is staggering (over fifty pages of notes!) - and it shows on every single page of this dual biography.

More to come later.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder, Fatphobia, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

One mention of the g**** (anti-Ziganist) slur.