Shelley, Mary
Matilda
- ISBN 13:
- 9780942208498
- author:
- Shelley, Mary
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bandanna Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 116
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Romance, General,
- Condition:
- New
- supplier_id:
- 35
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Mary Shelley's novel Matilda was written during a tumultuous period in her life. Following the success of her first novel, Frankenstein, she sent the manuscript to her father, William Godwin, who refused to return it due to concerns about their relationship. This rejection would have far-reaching consequences for the book's reception. The Shelleys' personal struggles and relationships influenced Mary's writing. Her parents, both prominent radicals, had a complicated family dynamic. After her mother's death, Mary's father remarried, but his affections lay with other intellectuals, including Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she met at 14. The couple eloped at 16, and their relationship was marked by turmoil. In the midst of this personal upheaval, Mary Shelley found solace in writing. Her contribution to a stormy night's literary contest on Lake Geneva would become Frankenstein, an instant success. Matilda, her short novel, explores human emotions in depth, characteristic of the Romantic tradition.
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