01645cam a22003373u 4500 15238 UtSlPG 20260610133346.0 m cr n 260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Mathilda Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2005 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_(novella) Release date is 2005-03-02 David Starner, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Mathilda" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a novella written between 1819 and 1820. Narrating from her deathbed, a young woman reveals the dark secret behind her isolation: her father's confession of incestuous love and his subsequent suicide. Written during Shelley's own profound grief after losing two children, this Gothic tale explores forbidden desire, guilt, and emotional withdrawal. The story follows Mathilda's lonely existence and her friendship with the poet Woodville, who cannot prevent her tragic decline. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Guilt -- Fiction Incest -- Fiction https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15238 56626 56626