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''I gained his secret and we were both lost for ever''

Mary Shelley''s dark story of a bereaved man''s disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Matilda

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    A Paperback / softback by Mary Shelley

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/03/2016
      ISBN13: 9780241251874, 978-0241251874
      ISBN10: 0241251877

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''I gained his secret and we were both lost for ever''

      Mary Shelley''s dark story of a bereaved man''s disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century.

      One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

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