Mary Shelley’s shocking, tragic, and some say autobiographical tale
of incestuous love. Confined to her deathbed, Mathilda narrates the
story of her life. It is a tale of sweeping emotion, shameful secrets,
and wretched love. Her mother having died in childbirth, Mathilda
is raised by her aunt until the age of sixteen, at which point she
happily returns home to live with her father. But he turns deeply
melancholic when a young suitor begins to visit Mathilda at their
London home, and the idyllic life parent and child once shared turns
sour. Pushed to confess his all-consuming love for his own
daughter, Mathilda’s father bids her farewell before shame drives
him to drown himself. Finally, after years of solitude and grief,
Mathilda’s hope for happiness is renewed in the form of a gifted
young poet named Woodville. But while his genius is transcendent, and
he loves Mathilda dearly, the specter of her father still lingers.
Though Mary Shelley wrote Mathilda in 1819, directly after the
publication of Frankenstein, her father and publisher, William Godwin,
refused to print it. Nearly a century and a half later, in 1959, the
manuscript was finally published and has become one of Shelley’s
best-known works. This ebook has been professionally proofread to
ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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ISBN
9781504043649
Publisert
2017
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Open Road Media
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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