{"product_id":"mary-a-fiction","title":"Mary: A Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if intelligence, feeling, and money still give you no say in your own life?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mary Wollstonecraft’s Mary: A Fiction, a young Englishwoman grows up with little affection and few choices. Her father arranges her marriage to Charles, a man she barely knows. Mary has a mind of her own, but her family treats her future as something for others to decide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendship with Ann gives Mary a love her home cannot offer. When Ann’s fragile health worsens, Mary takes her to Lisbon, where she meets Henry, a sensitive man who shares her love of books. Through these bonds, the novel explores a woman’s search for meaning beyond the duties imposed on her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mind of her own\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a thoughtful heroine whose intelligence offers no simple escape from dependence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFriendship at the heart\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Mary’s devotion to Ann, whose fragile health calls forth tenderness and determined care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarriage without a choice\u003c\/strong\u003e – See what family duty demands when a young woman cannot choose her husband.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBooks, nature, and purpose\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the places Mary turns for meaning when her prescribed life leaves her unfulfilled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe roots of feminist writing\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover Wollstonecraft’s quiet challenge to an upbringing that teaches girls to be ornamental.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of eighteenth-century fiction, anyone curious about feminist writing’s roots, and those drawn to short, feeling-filled stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and meet Mary as she searches for a life she can call her own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58289301520732,"sku":"LOA-C535-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook — Coming soon","offer_id":58289301553500,"sku":"LOA-C535-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58289301586268,"sku":"LOA-C535-PB","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58289301619036,"sku":"LOA-C535-HC","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/0535_Mary_A_Fiction__standard__ebook__pages-88__trim-6x9in__1800x2700px.jpg?v=1784149779","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/mary-a-fiction","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}