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Mar 2, 2005 · A free eBook of the novel Mathilda, written by the author of Frankenstein, about the tragic love between a father and his daughter. Download or read online in various formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and HTML.
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
- Mathilda
- English
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 the common Romantic themes of incest and suicide.
- 104 pages
- Mary Shelley
His suppression of this passionate novella is perhaps understandable—unlike her first book, Frankenstein, written a year earlier, Mathilda uses fantasy to study a far more personal reality. 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 ...
- Paperback
Mar 2, 2005 · Mathilda is a story of incest, suicide, and isolation, based on Mary Shelley's own life and relationships. The web page provides the full text of the final copy and the opening pages of the rough draft, with notes and introduction.
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Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy comedy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.
Mathilda. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. 3.38. 4,953 ratings848 reviews. Mary Shelley's Matilda—suppressed for more than a century—tells the story of a woman alienated from society by the incestuous passion of her father. Genres Classics Fiction Gothic Short Stories Horror 19th Century Novella. ...more. 94 pages, Paperback.
