| Genre: | Historical Fiction |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | September 06, 2022 |
| Edition: | 5th |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9781454947226 |
| ISBN10: | 1454947225 |
| Pages: | 448 |
| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 8.2 x 1.2 inches |
| Weight: | 544.31 g |
About the Book
Also published as The Beautiful Widow, Mary Shelley’s penultimate novel explores the web of relationships between three women bound together by the exacting Lord Lodore: Cornelia, Lodore’s estranged wife, ruled by her mother and the norms of aristocratic society; Ethel, his daughter, raised in the wilderness of Illinois and utterly reliant on her father; and finally, the independent and highly educated Fanny Derham, the daughter of Lodore’s childhood friend. Long considered the most Austen-like and socially oriented of Mary Shelley’s novels, Lodore is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand this brilliant feminist writer.