Lodore (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781539388593)

In Lodore, Shelley focused her theme of power and responsibility on the microcosm of the family. The central story follows the fortunes of the wife and daughter of the title character, Lord Lodore, who is killed in a duel at the end of the first volume, leaving a trail of legal, financial, and familial obstacles for the two "heroines" to negotiate. Mary Shelley places female characters at the centre of the ensuing narratives: Lodore's daughter, Ethel, raised to be over-dependent on paternal control; his estranged wife, Cornelia, preoccupied with the norms and appearances of aristocratic society; and the intellectual and independent Fanny Derham, with whom both are contrasted.

Author: Mary Shelley
ISBN-10: 153938859X
ISBN-13: 9781539388593
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2016
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.51d