"Mary, A Fiction" is the only complete novel that Mary Wollstonecraft has ever written. She tells the tragic story of a heroine's successive "romantic friendships" with a woman and a man. "Emile", Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophical treatise on education, was one of the major literary influences on this book.
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) skrev romaner, traktater, brevsamlingar i en tid präglad av upplysning av revolution. Inte bara hennes verk har väckt stor uppmärksamhet utan också hennes för tiden okonventionella liv.