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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,... Read Full Overview

Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is the penultimate novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed in 1833 and published in 1835.

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,... Read Full Overview

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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,... Read Full Overview

In the flattest and least agreeable part of the county of Essex, about five miles from the sea, is situated a village or small town, which may be known in these pages by the name of Longfield. Longfield is distant eight miles from any market town, but the simple inhabitants,... Read Full Overview

Lodore, Shelley focused her theme of power and responsibility on the microcosm of the family.[2] 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,... Read Full Overview

Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is the penultimate novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed in 1833 and published in 1835.

Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is the penultimate novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed in 1833 and published in 1835.

Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is the penultimate novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed in 1833 and published in 1835.

""Lodore"" is a novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of the famous novel ""Frankenstein"". The story revolves around the lives of a wealthy family, the Fosters, and their struggles with love, marriage, and social expectations. The novel begins with the marriage... Read Full Overview

""Lodore"" is a novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published in 1835. The story follows the life of a young woman named Cornelia Lodore, who is forced to marry a man named Edward Villiers at a young age. The couple has a daughter, but their marriage is unhappy and... Read Full Overview

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (n e Godwin) (1797-1851) was an English romantic gothic novelist. She received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by Louisa Jones, and then educated in a broad... Read Full Overview

Lodore, also published under the title The Beautiful Widow, is the penultimate novel by Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, completed in 1833 and published in 1835.