Mathilda (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781719142052)

Mathilda, or Matilda, is the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley, written between August 1819 and February 1820. Narrating from her deathbed, Mathilda, a young woman barely in her twenties, writes her story as a way of explaining her actions to her friend, Woodville. Her narration follows her lonely upbringing and climaxes at a point when her unnamed father confesses his incestuous love for her. This is then followed by his suicide by drowning and her ultimate death; her relationship with the gifted young poet, Woodville, fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.

Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
ISBN-10: 171914205X
ISBN-13: 9781719142052
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2018
Pages: 156
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d