num_pages: 435
description: The story of Mary Wollstonecraft, a pioneer feminist and author of the radical classic A Vindication of the Rights of Women, is an impassioned, beautifully written portrait of a remarkable 18th-century woman with 20th-century sensibilities--historical fiction at its most gripping and convincing. Author reading tour. Radio news features.
language: English
title: Vindication
titlecomplete: Vindication
characters: Mary Wollstonecraft
genres: Fiction, Historical, 18th Century, Feminism, Adult Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 268
places: Paris, Bedlam, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books