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- 1Readers point to Wollstonecraft as a lens for Pride & Prejudice●My curiosity was raised by a comment in a recent podcast listen: to understand the framing of 'Pride & Prejudice' it was
A podcast comment recommending Mary Wollstonecraft's 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' as background for understanding the framing of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice' has prompted readers to revisit the 1792 feminist text. Its free availability on Project Gutenberg makes it easy for anyone to follow up on the suggestion.
- 2New graphic novels land, including Mary Wollstonecraft biography▼Some recent # GraphicNovels hitting the shelves: Lo, An Amazon: Mary Wollstonecraft by Costa winning Mary & Bryan Talbot
Booksellers and readers are highlighting a fresh wave of graphic novels now on shelves. Among them is 'Lo, An Amazon: Mary Wollstonecraft' by Costa Award winners Mary and Bryan Talbot, published by SelfMadeHero, alongside 'John of the Night' by Darryl Cunningham (Avery Hill) and Nick Thorkelson's graphic biography of William Morris, 'If I Could But See It'. The mix spans feminism, history and biography, drawing attention from the book community.
- 3Frankenstein's warning revived in the age of Sam Altman●"Careful, it's hot." --Prometheus, inventor of the oven-mitt. Reading Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein", I wa
A reader of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein" says they were struck by Victor Frankenstein's refusal to consider the consequences of the creature he created, joking that images of OpenAI's Sam Altman kept coming to mind. The quip, paired with a Prometheus gag about the oven-mitt, casts Altman as a modern creator of technology unleashed without thought for its consequences.