Lodore (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330409663 ISBN 13 : 9781330409664

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Lodore

Yet an obscure fate pursued the house of Fitzhenry,-even in its ennobled'' condition. The new lord was proud of his elevation, as a merited reward but neat to the deck of his ship, he loved the tranquil precincts of his pater nal mansion, and here he spent his latter days in peace. Midway in life, he had married the daughter of the rector of Longfield. Various fates had attended the offspring s gini''on several died, and at the time of his being created a peer, Lor Ledere found himself a widower, with two children - Elizabeth, who had been born twelve years before, and Henry, whose recent birth had cost the life of his hapless and lamented mother.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In Lodore, Shelley focused her theme of power and responsibility on the microcosm of the family. The central story follows the fortunes of the wife and daughter of the title character, Lord Lodore, who is killed in a duel at the end of the first volume, leaving a trail of legal, financial, and familial obstacles for the two "heroines" to negotiate. Mary Shelley places female characters at the centre of the ensuing narratives: Lodore's daughter, Ethel, raised to be over-dependent on paternal control; his estranged wife, Cornelia, preoccupied with the norms and appearances of aristocratic society; and the intellectual and independent Fanny Derham, with whom both are contrasted. The novel's modern editor, Lisa Vargo, has noted the text's engagement with political and ideological issues, particularly the education and social role of women. She suggests that Lodore dissects a patriarchal culture that separated the sexes and pressured women into dependence on men. In the view of critic Betty T. Bennett, "the novel proposes egalitarian educational paradigms for women and men, which would bring social justice as well as the spiritual and intellectual means by which to meet the challenges life invariably brings".

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330409663
• ISBN 13: 9781330409664
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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