Mathilda tells the intimate and heartbreaking story of a young woman marked by loss, solitude, and a family secret that changes her destiny forever. Amid dark landscapes and overwhelming emotions, Mary Shelley explores the depths of sorrow, guilt, and forbidden passion with a profoundly Romantic intensity.



Written in 1819, Mathilda is a brief, confessional, and deeply moving work in which the beauty of the outside world contrasts with the inner devastation of its characters. In its pages, the author of Frankenstein creates a haunting meditation on desire, death, and memory, confirming her place as one of the most powerful voices of English Romanticism.



Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was a fundamental British writer of the Romantic movement and one of the most influential figures in Gothic literature. She grew up in a privileged intellectual environment that deeply shaped her education and literary vision. She achieved worldwide fame with Frankenstein (1818), a pioneering work of modern science fiction, though her literary production also includes historical novels, short stories, and essays.