Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot
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Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot by Claire Tomalin
In November 1997, a slight book sewn together with string was discovered in a palazzo in Italy. This was Maurice, the only children's story ever penned by Mary Shelley. Written two years after Frankenstein, Maurice is often read as a gloss of Shelley's personal family tragedies, bearing the same melancholy that distinguishes all of her works. As Claire Tomalin shows in her compelling introduction, it contributes greatly to the literary and biographical scholarship on this fascinating woman who was a significant writer in her own right as well as the wife of one of the world's greatest romantic poets.Claire Tomalin is the author of eight bestselling biographies, including Thomas Hardy and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award in 2002. The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and the Hawthornden Prize are among her major honors.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375404733 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375404732 |
| Title | Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot |
| Author | Claire Tomalin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 1998-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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