A review by heregrim
Death and the Maidens: Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley Circle by Janet Todd

2.0

When this book was suggested to me as "the Kardashians of the early 1800s" I was curious. Turns out they were optimistic, selfish, utopian-seeking, free-love practicing...etc. They were all that the description offered and I hated them. To me, they came across as debased, self-interested pleasure seekers, and although their lives were interesting I couldn't really find sympathy for them. Except Fanny and Harriet, them I sympathized with.