Mary Shelley wrote this novel to distract herself from her grief after the deaths of her one-year-old daughter Clara in Venice and her three-year-old son William in Rome. Narrating from her deathbed, Mathilda, a young woman barely in her twenties, writes her story as a way of explaining her actions ...
It tells the story of a young woman whose mother died in her childbirth—just as Shelly's own mother died after hers—and whose relationship with her bereaved father becomes sexually charged as he conflates her with his lost wife, while she becomes involved with a handsome poet.
Narrating from her deathbed, Matilda tells the story of her unnamed father's confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.
Mathilda, named after its narrator, traces a young woman's troubled life from birth to her premature deathbed. Following her mother's death during childbirth and her father's subsequent abandonment, Mathilda is raised by her aunt in rural Loch Lomond, Scotland. A gifted reader and promising intellec...
Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820 and first published posthumously in 1959. It deals with common Romantic themes of incest and suicide.The narrative deals with a father's incestuous love for his daughter
The ac...
Mary Shelley was an English writer best known for the classic gothic novel Frankenstein which has been adapted into film many times. This edition of Mathilda includes a table of contents.
Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820 and first published posthumously in 1959. It deals with common Romantic themes of incest and suicide. The narrative deals with a father's incestuous love for his daughter.
In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's haunting novel 'Mathilda,' a young woman grapples with the shadow of a tragic past, weaving a narrative of love, loss, and forbidden secrets that echo through the corridors of her mind.
Set against the backdrop of a stark and brooding landscape, Mathilda's journ...
Ahogy Mathilda megszületik, édesanyja meghal. Apja rá sem bír nézni a fájdalomtól, a lányt rideg és távolságtartó nagynénje neveli fel. Azonban mikor tizenhat éves lesz, a férfi újra felbukkan, és igyekszik apja és társa lenni Mathildának...
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Mathilda is narrated from the title character's death bed. She recounts her relationship with her father, who had an incestuous love for her, and his suicide by drowning. Her relationship with a gifted young poet was unable to prevent her emotional withdrawal after her father's death, or the lonely ...
Mathilda is narrated from the title character's death bed. She recounts her relationship with her father, who had an incestuous love for her, and his suicide by drowning. Her relationship with a gifted young poet was unable to prevent her emotional withdrawal after her father's death, or the lonely ...
Esta novela relata la historia de una mujer que, desde su lecho de muerte, confiesa su tragedia: el amor incestuoso de su padre (...). Escrita en forma de una larga carta dirigida a su único amigo, Woodville, la protagonista revela el secreto de su reclusión en un páramo encerrado por montañas y ale...
A mãe de Mathilda, Diana, morre no parto. Seu pai, em desespero, deixa a recém-nascida aos cuidados de uma tia e sai para correr o mundo. Quando Mathilda tem 16 anos, ele volta, mas fica pouco tempo em sua vida. O terrível tormento de reviver a paixão por Diana na filha o consome. Com personagens cl...
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...
A young woman recounts her tragic life story to her friend, a young man familiar with loss. Following her mother's death during childbirth, Mathilda was abandoned by her father and raised by her wealthy aunt. When her father came back into her life, however, events unfolded which irrevocably disr...
On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never saw this novella published. Though he enjoyed ...
But my father, my beloved and most wretched father... Would he never overcome the fierce passion that now held pitiless dominion over him?
With its shocking theme of father-daughter incest, Mary Shelley's publisher-her father, known for his own subversive books-not only refused to publish...
A new edition of Mary Shelley's second novel Mathilda, which remained unpublished until 1959 due to its themes of suicide and incest. The introduction examines the novel as both a complex exploration of taboo desires and an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarc...
A new edition of Mary Shelley's second novel Mathilda, which remained unpublished until 1959 due to its themes of suicide and incest. The introduction examines the novel as both a complex exploration of taboo desires and an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarc...
On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never saw this novella published. Though he enjoyed ...
