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Mathilda, or Matilda, [1] 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. [2] The narrative deals with a father's incestuous love for his daughter.
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.
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
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This aunt raises Mathilda in Scotland, and while she is never cruel to the girl, she refuses to show her the slightest affection, which Mathilda bears with much suffering. She lives in hope that one day, her father will return to reclaim her.
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Confined to her deathbed, Mathilda narrates the story of her life. It is a tale of sweeping emotion, shameful secrets, and wretched love. Her mother having died in...
With its shocking theme of father-daughter incest, Mary Shelley’s publisher—her father, known for his own subversive books—not only refused to publish Mathilda, he refused to return her only copy of the manuscript, and the work was never published in her lifetime.
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.
