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"Mathilda" is the finished draft of a short novel by Mary Shelley. Its adult theme, concerning a father's incestuous love for his daughter and its consequences, meant that the manuscript was suppressed by Shelley's own father, and not published until 1959, more than a hundred years after her death.

Writing to her only friend from her deathbed, Mathilda finally reveals the history that led to her isolated life of despairing melancholy. Of her mother dying in childbirth, her father's confession of his incestuous desire and subsequent suicide, and her relationship with a handsome young poet that fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death. The haunting and relentlessly self-examining voice of Mary Shelley's protagonist is a bare narrative of trauma of a brave woman's failed search for love, atonement, and redemption.

Discover Mary Shelleys haunting short novel, Mathilda, a deeply provocative exploration of a fathers forbidden love for his daughter and the tragic consequences that follow. Suppressed by Shelleys own father and left unpublished until 1959, this powerful narrative delves into themes of obsession, despair, and the complexities of familial bonds.

It tells the story of a young woman whose mother died in her childbirth - just as Shelly's own mother died after hers - and whose relationship with her bereaved father becomes sexually charged as he conflates her with his lost wife, while she becomes involved with a handsome poet.

The second novel from Mary Shelley, written in 1819-20 but not published in full until 1959. The story deals with common romantic themes but also incest and suicide. Narrating from her deathbed, Mathilda tells the story of her unnamed father’s confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Mathilda’s emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.

From her deathbed, Mathilda tells the story she has carried in silence—one marked by love, loss, and a devastating truth that reshaped her life forever. Orphaned young and raised in emotional distance, she is reunited with her father only to face a revelation so profound it fractures their bond and drives him toward irreversible despair.

The earl of Huntingdon sighed quietly as he watched his teenage son, Robert, emerge out of the woods surrounding Huntingdon castle. That particular spot was special; that had been where his wife, Mathilda, had taken her son for long forest walks, where she’d told him stories, where they’d played games. But when Robert was eight years old, the games had ended, and there were no more stories. But as each day thereon passed, the earl realised why his offspring behaved in the way he did. After all, Robert of Huntingdon was Mathilda’s son. He was her legacy.

This edition of Shelley's second novel, transcribed and introduced by Deanna Koretsky, explores the work both as a complex portrayal of taboo desires and as an intergenerational story of reckoning with the horrors of racism and patriarchy. Mathilda is often understood as biographical, but this edition also highlights the issues of justice, gender, and rights. 

Das Geheimnis der Gutsherrin. Die große Löwenhof-Saga von Corina Bomann geht weiter! Südschweden, 1931. Mathilda ist 16 und nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter Waise. Völlig überrascht steht sie plötzlich der beeindruckenden Agneta Lejongård gegenüber. Die ihr unbekannte Gutsherrin ist ihr Vormund und nimmt sie mit auf den Löwenhof. Mathilda ahnt nicht, dass Agneta ihre Tante ist. Und noch bevor sie die Wahrheit über ihre Herkunft erfährt, bricht in Europa ein neuer Krieg aus.

The finished draft of a short novel by Mary Shelley. Its adult theme, concerning a father's incestuous love for his daughter and its consequences, meant that the manuscript was suppressed by Shelley's own father, and not published until 1959, more than a hundred years after her death.

Stockholm, 1931. Depuis la mort de son père quelques années plus tôt, Mathilda Wallin vit seule avec sa mère. Quand cette dernière décède brutalement, Agneta Lejongård, une mystérieuse comtesse, lui annonce qu'elle est désormais sa tutrice et l'emmène dans sa majestueuse propriété de Löwenhof. Rongée par la peur et le doute, la jeune orpheline de 17 ans est projetée dans un monde intimidant de luxe et de raffinement dans lequel elle a bien du mal à trouver sa place.

The last thing Mathilda thought she’d be doing was boarding the Titanic to escape the danger hot on her heels. With knowledge of important papers that could get her killed and a wad of money, she’s trying to get as far away as she can with her older sister.

Herzlich willkommen zu Mathildas Kirschkuchen. Wir, das sind Ramona und Björn, sprechen über die Hörspiele der drei Fragezeichen. Und zwar nur über die Hörspiele...unlogische Zufälle sind also vorprogrammiert, ups. Neben gefährlichen Halbwissen präsentieren wir euch zusätzlich auch noch unsere Theorien, Gedanken, Lebenstipps. Also seid gespannt und viel Spaß mit Mathildas Kirschkuchen. Warnhinweise: der Genuss von Mathildas Kirschkuchen kann zu plötzlichen Erleuchtungserscheinungen und Verlust von Kindheitserinnerungen führen. Bei Risiken und Nebenwirkungen hören Sie sofort die ...

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