 Wollstonecraft 's Letters Written in Sweden , Norway , and Denmark is a deeply personal travel narrative . The twenty @-@ five letters cover a wide range of topics , from sociological reflections on Scandinavia and its peoples to philosophical questions regarding identity to musings on her relationship with Imlay ( although he is not referred to by name in the text ) . Using the rhetoric of the sublime , Wollstonecraft explores the relationship between the self and society . Reflecting the strong influence of Rousseau , Letters Written in Sweden , Norway , and Denmark shares the themes of the French philosopher 's Reveries of a Solitary Walker ( 1782 ) : " the search for the source of human happiness , the stoic rejection of material goods , the ecstatic embrace of nature , and the essential role of sentiment in understanding " . While Rousseau ultimately rejects society , however , Wollstonecraft celebrates domestic scenes and industrial progress in her text . 
