Mathilda: Mary Shelley's Classic Novella

Informationen zum Autor Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was the only daughter of the author and political philosopher William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In 1814 she eloped with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she married when his first wife died in 1816. She is best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, but she wrote several other works, including Valperga, The Last Man and Lodore. Klappentext Between 1819 and 1820! Mary Shelley wrote Matilda! her second novel following the classic Frankenstein. The story is reminiscent of Shelley's own life! if not outright autobiographical! with characters resembling herself! her husband Percy Shelley! and her father William Godwin. Matilda is an often overlooked literary gem written in the classic Romantic style with Matilda on her deathbed telling her tale full of loss! incest! and suicide.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Wollst Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2010
• EAN: 9781615890002
• ISBN: 978-1-61589-000-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 7 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature