The rights of women, a novel
18th April 2013
This is the first edition of a utopian novel by the American friend of Wieland, Schiller and Goethe, James Lawrence (1773–1840). Born on Jamaica (his family had lived on the island since 1676), Lawrence was educated at Eton and Göttingen. ‘In 1793 his essay on the heterodox customs of the Nairs of Malabar with respect to marriage […]
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