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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written in 1819-20, and published posthumously, this novella recounts a father's attraction to his daughter, confession, and suicide.  Wavering between a proto- psychological case study, on the one hand, and a high Romantic tale, on the other, <em>Mathilda</em> probes &quot;the diseased yet incomprehensible ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45625904">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More interesting than enjoyable. This novella, written in 1819, is a psychological treatment of the subject of incest told in the first person. Mathilda, a pretty, motherless girl is happily reunited with her wandering father only to find that he has transferred his passion for his dead wife to his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73686030">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminded me why I don't normally read stuff written before 1950, and that reason is because everyone has so many FEELINGS!<br/><br/>On the plus side, this book is about sex with your father.<br/><br/>Ok, seriously... Basically this book is about a young girl whose mother died at her bi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26589830">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Its mainly about profound sadness and despair.  The catalyst of which is what may bring some to read this short story but on that subject there is little written.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The daughter of philosopher William Godwin, Shelley's short novel must be read by some as autobiographical.  A magnificent piece -- haunting and lovely.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OK I didn't actually read it much, but enough to know it's pretty freakin' dry and slow. I liked Frankenstein enough to want to check out her other stuff, but please. This is not my style at all. Definitely disappointing as I thought of Shelley as a pretty good writer, even if Dr. Frankenstein was e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36212909">more...</a>]]></body>
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