Matilda
| Title | Matilda |
|---|---|
| Author | Mary Shelley |
| Publication | Penguin |
| Size | 109p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780241251874 |
| Topics |
Fathers and daughters English fiction--Short stories and novellas English fiction--19th century |
| Notes | 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 demise; her relationship with the gifted young poet, Woodville, fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death. |
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