LodoreBeset by jealousy over an admirer of his wife’s, Lord Lodore has come with his daughter Ethel to the American wilderness; his wife Cornelia, meanwhile, has remained with her controlling mother in England. When he finally brings himself to attempt a return, Lodore is killed en route in a duel. Ethel does return to England, and the rest of the book tells the story of her marriage to the troubled and impoverished Villiers (whom she stands by through a variety of tribulations) and her long journey to a reconciliation with her mother. Lodore’s scope of character and of idea is matched by its narrative range and variety of setting; the novel’s highly dramatic story-line moves at different points to Italy, to Illinois, and to Niagara Falls. And in this edition, which includes a wealth of documents from the period, the reader is provided with a sense of the full context out of which Shelley’s achievement emerged. |
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... daughter of two writers did not mean that Shelley was well treated . Nevertheless , Shelley was clearly respected in her circle as skilled in the literary trade . As Betty T. Bennett points out , after Percy's death “ she began , as she ...
... daughter , divided into three volumes with a total of fifty - five chapters . Since its plot is rife with many complicated turns and much sentimental reflection , only the barest summary will be given here . ( Further summary can be ...
... daughter and intends to retire to a life of poverty in Wales . Further twists in the plot finally give way to reconcil- iation , and all live happily ever after , including Cornelia who marries the widowed Saville . It seems clear that ...
... daughter and by his wife . The matter of Lodore's will , treated in Chapter 17 of the first volume , is a literal matter of legacy with respect to a will “ in absolute contradiction to the wishes and feelings in which Lord Lodore died ...
... Daughter are the heroines — The Mother who after safrifising [ sacrificing ] all to the world at first — afterwards makes sacrifises not less entire , for her child — finding all to be Vanity , except the genuine affections of the heart ...
Contents
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Mary ShelleyWoman of Letters | 449 |
Some Literary Contexts | 472 |
Illinois and Duelling | 483 |
William Godwin from Enquiry Concerning Political Justice Third Edition | 493 |
Domesticity and Womens Education | 500 |
Contemporary Reviews of Lodore | 531 |
From The Literary Gazette | 543 |
Select Bibliography | 550 |