Lodore

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Lodore is an 1835 novel by Mary Shelley that explores themes of female independence, social constraints, and family dynamics in early 19th-century Britain.

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Lodore canonical 3
Lodore; or, The Last of the Lords 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Mary Shelley
centralTheme economic dependence
education of women
family dynamics
female independence
marriage and separation
mother–daughter relationships
patriarchal authority
social constraints
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception often discussed as an early feminist novel
reassessed positively by late 20th-century critics
explores formation of female identity
impact of inheritance laws on women
legal and social position of married women in Britain
tension between personal desire and social duty
firstEditionFormat three volumes
firstPublishedInCity London, England
surface form: London
genre domestic novel
novel of manners
romantic novel
hasAlternativeTitle Lodore
surface form: Lodore; or, The Last of the Lords
hasForm prose fiction
influencedBy Mary Shelley’s own experiences of marriage and widowhood
contemporary debates on women’s rights
literaryMovement late Romantic fiction
literaryPeriod Romanticism
mainCharacter Cornelia Lodore
Ethel Lodore
Fanny Derham
Lord Lodore
narrativeFocus lives of women after the death of the male head of family
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage English
placeInAuthorOeuvre one of Mary Shelley’s later novels
publicationYear 1835
publisher Richard Bentley
relatedWorkByAuthor Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
surface form: Frankenstein

Perkin Warbeck
The Last Man
Valperga
setInPeriod early 19th-century Britain
structure multi-volume narrative
subjectMatter aristocratic family life
transatlantic movement between England and America

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Mary Shelley notableWork Lodore
Lodore hasAlternativeTitle Lodore
this entity surface form: Lodore; or, The Last of the Lords
Falkner followsWork Lodore
Mary notableWork Lodore
subject surface form: Mary Shelley