amidst all of this family turmoil, imlay still found time to ponder larger social issues. the utopian socialist robert owen came to visit godwin in the summer of 1816 and he and imlay discussed the plight of the working poor in britain. she agreed with many of owen's proposals, but not all of them. she decided, in the end, that his utopian scheme was too "romantic", because it depended heavily on the goodwill of the rich to sacrifice their wealth. that same summer, george blood—the brother of fanny imlay's namesake—came to meet her for the first time and told her stories of her mother. after this meeting she wrote to mary godwin and shelley: "i have determined never to live to be a disgrace to "such a mother"... i have found that if i will endeavour to overcome my faults i shall find being's to love and esteem me" [emphasis in original].