Mary and Maria - Matilda
- ISBN-10
- 0241251877
- ISBN-13
- 9780241251874
- Category
- Grief
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-03-03
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Author
- Mary Shelley
Description
'I gained his secret and we were both lost for ever' Mary Shelley's dark story of a bereaved man's disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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