Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Fiction, Classics, (Paperback)

from joririchardson

Oh, Shelley. First a story about a lonely, half-dead monster, and now a tale of incestuous romance. I was very intrigued about the novella "Mathilda." I had heard of before, as "that other Shelley book," but somehow the knowledge of what it was about managed to never reach me until a few days ago...

from john257hopper

This short novel was Mary Shelley's second book after Frankenstein, but due to its controversial themes, it was not published until 140 years later in 1959. It is a semi-autobiographical portrayal, with the roles of Shelley, her father William Godwin and her husband Percy Shelley taken by Mathild...

from TooHotty

This book reminded me why I don't normally read stuff written before 1950, and that reason is because everyone has so many FEELINGS! On the plus side, this book is about sex with your father. Ok, seriously... Basically this book is about a young girl whose mother died at her birth, so her father ...

from joririchardson

Oh, Shelley. First a story about a lonely, half-dead monster, and now a tale of incestuous romance. I was very intrigued about the novella "Mathilda." I had heard of before, as "that other Shelley book," but somehow the knowledge of what it was about managed to never reach me until a few days ago...

from birdie.newborn

Given the premise of the book, one is led through a lonely childhood with delight in nature, to exquisite joy, soon followed by anguish, despair, and a will to die. Heady, but also sobby.