William Godwin (1756–1836)
Auteur van Caleb Williams
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Writer William Godwin was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire on March 3, 1756. He attended Hoxton Presbyterian College and became a minister. He left the ministry in 1787 in order to become a full-time writer. His best-known works are Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) and The Adventures of toon meer Caleb Williams (1794). In 1797, he married feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft and they had a child who later became known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley the author of Frankenstein. He primarily wrote novels during his later years, including Mandeville (1817), Cloudesley (1830) and Deloraine (1833). He died on April 7, 1836. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(eng) William Godwin's son, known as William Godwin the Younger (1803–8 September 1832) wrote a novel Transfusion which as yet is not cataloged on LibraryThing. When it is, this page will probably need to be split.
Fotografie: Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill
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Werken van William Godwin
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and Its Influence on Modern Morals and Happiness (1793) 235 exemplaren
A Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark and Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman' (1796) 159 exemplaren
The Wrongs of Woman; or Maria and Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Eighteenth Century… (2003) 20 exemplaren
Godwin on Wollstonecraft: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by William Godwin (Lives That Never Grow Old) (2005) 11 exemplaren
The enquirer;: Reflections on education, manners, and literature in a series of essays (Reprints of economic classics) (2010) 8 exemplaren
History of the Commonwealth of England: from its commencement, to the restoration of Charles the second (2002) 4 exemplaren
The pantheon: Or, the ancient history of the gods of Greece and Rome : for the use of schools, and young persons of… (1836) 3 exemplaren
A Defence of the Rockingham Party: In Their Late Coalition With the Right Honourable Frederick Lord North 2 exemplaren
Adventures Of Caleb Williams (Vol. II) 1 exemplaar
Instructions to a Statesman 1 exemplaar
"Of History and Romance" 1 exemplaar
"Summary of Principles" 1 exemplaar
Adventures of Caleb Williams, Volume 2 1 exemplaar
The Executioner 1 exemplaar
Complete Works of William Godwin Parts Edition 1 exemplaar
Cursory Strictures: On the Charge Delivered By Lord Chief Justice Eyre to the Grand Jury, October 2, 1794. 1 exemplaar
Life of Geoffrey Chaucer ... including memoirs of ... John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster; with sketches of the manners,… (2011) 1 exemplaar
On Law 1 exemplaar
Enquiry Concerning Political Justive and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, Vol. II 1 exemplaar
Antonio, a tragedy [in verse] 1 exemplaar
The Damnation of Theron Ware 1 exemplaar
Faulkener: a tragedy 1 exemplaar
"An Account of the Seminary" 1 exemplaar
The Secret Agent 1 exemplaar
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- William Godwin's son, known as William Godwin the Younger (1803–8 September 1832) wrote a novel Transfusion which as yet is not cataloged on LibraryThing. When it is, this page will probably need to be split.
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She later married Wlliam Godwin and had a second daughter with him, the later Mary Shelley.
Godwin's honest and truthful memoir caused a scandal upon publication.… (meer)