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Lodore

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Lodore | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Lodore

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The author of Frankenstein returns with her take on an Austen novel. The mother is proud, the father has many vices, yet the aristocratic name must be kept. Even more so when lord Lodore dies. His wife and daughter find themselves without protection. This novel is conserned with gender equality, education and social justice.
Kirsten 08/02/2023
Looks at life, love and the effects of miscommunication (the hated yet relatable trope). Not just with love interests but also the effect it can have on a family.
Gabbi 02/06/2023
This is emo not goth. Someone described Jane Austen novels as "just a bunch of rich people visiting each other's houses." This is definitely that genre of book.
may 01/07/2023
through the complexity of the diverse range of women she writes in lodore, mary shelley creates the perfect picture of womanhood and explores the lives of misunderstood women, giving them the humanity and redemption they so thoroughly deserve. a man could not have written what shelley has written in
Elizabeth 06/07/2017
This was not the best example of Shelley's writing. The narrative told rather than showed the reader what was happening. There was minimal dialogue which made the descriptions that much harder to enjoy. She often quoted other authors to justify her characters' actions. The main plot has potential to
Marbeth 05/08/2016
Lodore is often reviewed as an Austen-like manners novel with a dark side.

There is no dark side.

People assume that because Mary Shelley wrote it, it must have the Gothic flair of Frankenstein that made her famous.

No.

This is just a story about people who have gotten involved in somewhat complicate
Jen 08/19/2012
This book was horribly boring. It was one of those books that you put down multiple times and then pick up again and try over? It wasn't worth picking up again all those times. And was the book that taught me that you don't HAVE to finish a book that you don't enjoy. Life's too short. I was so disap

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