Matilda

Author: Shelley, Mary

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Published on 3 March 2016 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Little Black Classics' series.

'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.