A Foundational, Fiery Cry for Justice: Experience the Revolutionary Novel That Helped Forge the Fight for Women's Rights.

More than a story, Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman is a powerful and poignant polemic from Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of feminism herself. Left unfinished at her tragic death, this groundbreaking work is the fictional counterpart to her famous treatise, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. It is a raw, unflinching exposé of the brutal legal and social realities faced by women in the 18th century.

The narrative follows Maria, an intelligent and spirited woman imprisoned in an insane asylum by her vicious, fortune-hunting husband. Stripped of her freedom, her child, and her autonomy, she fights back not with violence, but with her mind and her voice. Through her poignant story and the heartbreaking tales of the women she meets, Wollstonecraft lays bare the "wrongs" inflicted upon women—from being treated as property in marriage to having no legal recourse against tyranny and abuse.

This is not a gentle historical romance. It is a novel of ideas, a work of profound anger and empathy that remains startlingly relevant today.