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TITLE

Autograph letter by Mary Shelley to Charles Ollier

SUMMARY

Mary Shelley had just completed the first volume of what will be her penultimate novel (Lodore, published in 1835) and is sending the draft to her publisher to whom she describes the story as follows: “I do not know how briefly to give you an idea of the whole tale - A Mother & Daughter are the heroines - The Mother who after sacrificing all to the world at first - afterwards makes sacrifices not less entire, for her child - finding all to be Vanity, except the genuine affections of the heart”.

NAME

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (sender)
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 (recipient)

DATE

1833 January 31

ITEM

2 sheets

MEDIUM

manuscript

MATERIALS

paper

LANGUAGE

eng

GENRE

autographs (manuscripts)
letters (correspondence)

PERSONAL NAME SUBJECT

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

TOPICAL TERM SUBJECT

novels

GEOGRAPHICAL SUBJECT

London (England)

CHRONOLOGICAL SUBJECT

1833

ACQUISITION NOTE

Gift of Mrs A. M. Overtow.

LOCATION

KSH

Terrace Room

SHL-2.18


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