( Neither Wollstonecraft nor her daughter ever saw Gilbert Imlay after 1796 . )
After Wollstonecraft 's death , Godwin and Joseph Johnson , Wollstonecraft 's publisher and close friend , contacted Fanny 's father , but he was uninterested in raising his child .
( Neither Wollstonecraft nor Fanny 's daughter ever saw Gilbert Imlay after 1796 . )
After Wollstonecraft 's death , Godwin and Joseph Johnson , Wollstonecraft 's publisher and close friend , contacted Fanny 's father , but he was uninterested in raising his child .