Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"Mathilda" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a novella written between 1819 and 1820. Narrating from her deathbed, a young woman reveals the dark secret behind her isolation: her father's confession of incestuous love and his subsequent suicide. Written during Shelley's own profound grief after losing two children, this Gothic tale explores forbidden desire, guilt, and emotional withdrawal. The story follows Mathilda's lonely existence and her friendship with the poet Woodville, who cannot
prevent her tragic decline. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 |
|---|---|
| Title | Mathilda |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_(novella) |
| Credits | David Starner, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fathers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Guilt -- Fiction |
| Subject | Incest -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 15238 |
| Release Date | Mar 2, 2005 |
| Last Update | Sep 25, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1937 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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