Edited by Eleanor Ty. Mary Hays [1759-1843] was best known for her radical feminism. She was attacked throughout her adult life as ugly and unsexed and was disapproved of even by her dissenting family. This novel, originally published in 1799, is openly critical of the patriarchal establishment as it describes a young woman's struggles defending and supporting herself. This version includes appendices with contemporary writings on women's place in society by Edward Moore, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Hays herself, Roussea, selected Hays letters, and contemporary reviews of the novel. Introduction, chronology, bibliography. Clean copy but has been read. Broadview Press. 1998. USED. $10.00