wollstonecraft travelled to paris in 1792 to take notes on the revolution. while in paris, she fell in love with gilbert imlay, an american who she later followed to london. she tried to commit suicide when their relationship ended but was rescued from the thames. she wrote a book titled "letters written during a short residence in sweden, norway, and denmark" (1796) from a series of letters written to imlay, to support their daughter fanny imlay, born in 1794. in the same year, wollstonecraft met an old acquaintance and philosopher, william godwin. they later married.