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La tomba senza nome e altri racconti
Battaglie e rivoluzioni, scambi di identità, rapimenti, eroici sacrifici, amori vietati, sogni tutti i topoi della narrativa romantica occupano le trame delle dieci storie qui raccolte, i cui protagonisti sono banditi galantuomini, cavalieri solitari e pellegrini sperduti, ma soprattutto una galleria di personaggi femminili, tra impavide fanciulle e anime sensibili, tratteggiati con estrema finezza. Ambientate in un'Italia percorsa da foschi bagliori di violenza o sulle Alpi svizzere, durante le guerre napoleoniche o nelle corti rinascimentali, mettono in scena i temi più cari all' la libertà, l'amore, il perdono, la fede, la forza delle donne, il "doppio", i diritti sociali, il patriottismo.
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Published February 4, 2025
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
1,518 books8,677 followersMary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the works of her husband, Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was the daughter of the political philosopher William Godwin and the writer, philosopher, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
Mary Shelley was taken seriously as a writer in her own lifetime, though reviewers often missed the political edge to her novels. After her death, however, she was chiefly remembered only as the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein. It was not until 1989, when Emily Sunstein published her prizewinning biography Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality, that a full-length scholarly biography analyzing all of Shelley's letters, journals, and works within their historical context was published.
The well-meaning attempts of Mary Shelley's son and daughter-in-law to "Victorianise" her memory through the censoring of letters and biographical material contributed to a perception of Mary Shelley as a more conventional, less reformist figure than her works suggest. Her own timid omissions from Percy Shelley's works and her quiet avoidance of public controversy in the later years of her life added to this impression.
The eclipse of Mary Shelley's reputation as a novelist and biographer meant that, until the last thirty years, most of her works remained out of print, obstructing a larger view of her achievement. She was seen as a one-novel author, if that. In recent decades, however, the republication of almost all her writings has stimulated a new recognition of its value. Her voracious reading habits and intensive study, revealed in her journals and letters and reflected in her works, is now better appreciated. Shelley's recognition of herself as an author has also been recognized; after Percy's death, she wrote about her authorial ambitions: "I think that I can maintain myself, and there is something inspiriting in the idea". Scholars now consider Mary Shelley to be a major Romantic figure, significant for her literary achievement and her political voice as a woman and a liberal.
Mary Shelley was taken seriously as a writer in her own lifetime, though reviewers often missed the political edge to her novels. After her death, however, she was chiefly remembered only as the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley and as the author of Frankenstein. It was not until 1989, when Emily Sunstein published her prizewinning biography Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality, that a full-length scholarly biography analyzing all of Shelley's letters, journals, and works within their historical context was published.
The well-meaning attempts of Mary Shelley's son and daughter-in-law to "Victorianise" her memory through the censoring of letters and biographical material contributed to a perception of Mary Shelley as a more conventional, less reformist figure than her works suggest. Her own timid omissions from Percy Shelley's works and her quiet avoidance of public controversy in the later years of her life added to this impression.
The eclipse of Mary Shelley's reputation as a novelist and biographer meant that, until the last thirty years, most of her works remained out of print, obstructing a larger view of her achievement. She was seen as a one-novel author, if that. In recent decades, however, the republication of almost all her writings has stimulated a new recognition of its value. Her voracious reading habits and intensive study, revealed in her journals and letters and reflected in her works, is now better appreciated. Shelley's recognition of herself as an author has also been recognized; after Percy's death, she wrote about her authorial ambitions: "I think that I can maintain myself, and there is something inspiriting in the idea". Scholars now consider Mary Shelley to be a major Romantic figure, significant for her literary achievement and her political voice as a woman and a liberal.
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February 9, 2025
Una Mary Shelley diversa, una serie di racconti ambientati in Italia e che hanno donne come protagoniste. Una penna diversa da quella che siamo abituati a conoscere, vale la pena scoprirla
February 5, 2026
É mai possibile che io debba innamorarmi di ogni scritto di questa donna?
Leggendo questi racconti è stato impossibile per me non notare orme della sua vita personale, quando si conosce la vita di un'artista é inevitabile costruire un puzzle di storie e drammi appartenuti alla penna di chi li ha scritti.
A colpirmi in particolar modo é stata la presenza di due protagoniste di nome Fanny, un nome che rimanda inevitabilmente alla sorella di Mary, una ferita mai davvero rimarginata e carica di sensi di colpa, prova di come la scrittura fosse diventata per Mary uno spazio di elaborazione del dolore.
Il filo che lega tutti i racconti è senza dubbio l’amore, quell'amore che spinge all’azione, al rischio, al sacrificio.
Anche qui è impossibile non rivedere Mary stessa (specialmente nel racconto "L'arricchita") che per amore sfidò la famiglia e la società.
In queste storie Mary Shelley continua a raccontarsi, a interrogarsi e a difendere con incredibile lucidità, la libertà di amare e di essere sé stessi.
Leggendo questi racconti è stato impossibile per me non notare orme della sua vita personale, quando si conosce la vita di un'artista é inevitabile costruire un puzzle di storie e drammi appartenuti alla penna di chi li ha scritti.
A colpirmi in particolar modo é stata la presenza di due protagoniste di nome Fanny, un nome che rimanda inevitabilmente alla sorella di Mary, una ferita mai davvero rimarginata e carica di sensi di colpa, prova di come la scrittura fosse diventata per Mary uno spazio di elaborazione del dolore.
Il filo che lega tutti i racconti è senza dubbio l’amore, quell'amore che spinge all’azione, al rischio, al sacrificio.
Anche qui è impossibile non rivedere Mary stessa (specialmente nel racconto "L'arricchita") che per amore sfidò la famiglia e la società.
In queste storie Mary Shelley continua a raccontarsi, a interrogarsi e a difendere con incredibile lucidità, la libertà di amare e di essere sé stessi.
November 8, 2025
Storie originali, strutturate bene e con personaggi interessanti. Potrebbe essere una delle mie raccolte preferite ma troppe troppe troppe troppe esasperazioni. Anche meno sis.
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