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In 'Maria, ' Wollstonecraft pursues in fictional form themes set forth in 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.' Her story of a woman incarcerated in a madhouse by her abusive husband dramatizes the effect of the English marriage laws, which made women virtually the property of their husbands.Wollstonecraft, Mary is the author of 'Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman', published 1975 under ISBN 9780393087130 and ISBN 0393087131.
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