| MARGARET FULLER'S LIVERPOOL |
| Amarican author Margaret Fuller (1810-50) began her career as a language teacher in Boston. In 1839 she translated Johann Peter Eckermann's Conversations With Goethe. In the 1840s she gained a reputation as a literary critic, writing for the New york Tribune. She also advocated equal rights for women and put ther views forward in Women in the 19th Century. Fuller traveled in Europe between 1846 and 1850, sending letters detailing her experiences to the Tribune. These recollections were published in 1856 as At home and Abroad. She died on her return voyage to America, when her ship was wrecked off New York. On seeing women wandering the streets of Liverpool, Fuller exclaimed 'The houses of England! Their sweetness is melting into fable'. |