Mary Shelley, Lodore

Graham Allen (University College Cork)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1835

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

Lodore begins with Lord Lodore’s sister, Elizabeth Fitzhenry, waiting after years for her beloved brother’s return to England. Lord Lodore, we discover, is now a resident of a pioneer settlement in the Illinois, USA. As the narrative focus switches to him we are introduced to Lodore and his daughter, Ethel, who seem to share an ideal father-daughter relationship. The narrator’s description of their relationship, including Lodore’s education of Ethel, however, begins to cast a subtle doubt on whether her complete dependence on and identification with her father is really such a good thing. Ethel has spent almost all her life with Lodore in socially secluded Illinois, but when a young man shows romantic interest in her, …

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Citation: Allen, Graham. "Lodore". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 February 2004 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14900, accessed 04 December 2024.]

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