Mary Wollstonecraft 
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman 

‘Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman’ by Mary Wollstonecraft is a feminist novel set in 18th century England, at a time when women were just mere assets to men. 



Having woken up in the wrong marriage, Maria tries to escape her husbands and instead, she is imprisoned in an asylum. There she meets warden Jemima, a woman abused as a child and fellow inmate Henry Darnford, sane but living a chaotic life. Maria ends up falling in love with Henry preparing us for an open ending with many twists and turns.