The author and feminist was in the truest sense a "liberated woman." Falling in love with Gilbert Imlay in Paris in 1793, she defied 18th century convention to live with him for two years and bear him a daughter. These letters, written to him over the course of those two years, represent the outpourings of a woman deeply in love, and give the modern reader an insight into the personality of this important writer and crusader. THIS TITLE IS CITED AND RECOMMENDED BY: Cambridge Bibliography of English,