Mathilda
Mathilda
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mathilda takes up common Gothic themes of incest and suicide. Mathilda takes up a father's incestuous love for his daughter.
Author
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851) is represented here by 11 public-domain titles, including Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus, Lodore, Vol. 1 (of 3), and Mathilda. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here.
The Last Man
The Last Man
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Last Man concerns Europe in the late 21st century, ravaged by the rise of a bubonic plague pandemic that rapidly sweeps across the entire globe, ultimately resulting in the near-extinction of humanity. The Last Man also includes discussion of the British state as a republic, for which Shelley sat in meetings of the House of Commons to gain insight to the governmental system of the Romantic era.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus recounts Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January, when she was 20.
Valperga Volume 1 (of 3) or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, prince of Lucca
Valperga Volume 1 (of 3) or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, prince of Lucca
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca is a historical novel by the Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, set amongst the wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines (the latter of which she spelt "Ghibeline").
Lodore, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Lodore, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is a novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed and published.
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance takes a Yorkist point of view and proceeds from the conceit that Perkin Warbeck died in childhood and the supposed impostor was indeed Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York. Henry VII of England is repeatedly described as a "fiend" who hates Elizabeth of York, his wife and Richard's sister, and the future Henry VIII, mentioned only twice in the novel, is a vile youth who abuses dogs.