A review by arachan
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.75

This is a heavy read, literally (at 550 pages) and metaphorically.  I knew the basic biography for Mary Shelly and I knew her mother was the famous feminist figure Mary Wollstonecraft.  I knew that Wollstonecraft had died of 'childbed fever' but I did not have any real understanding of just how revolutionary Wollstonecraft's work (and life) actually were.

This work is very in-depth and it is emotionally heavy.  The recurring theme in both Marys' lives is the failing of the men who claimed to love and admire them.