Морис, или къщичката на рибаря

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Мери Шели, Боряна Даракчиева (translator)

„Морис, или къщичката на рибаря“ е единственото произведение на Мери Шели за деца. Написано е през 1820 г., но ръкописът му е открит едва през 1997 г. в Италия. С малко тъга и много надежда Мери Шели разказва красива приказка за едно момче в търсене на свой дом.

Мери Шели (1797–1851) е английска писателка, която става световноизвестна с романа си „Франкенщайн, или новият Прометей“. Не толкова популярни, макар и не по-малко стойностни, са и произведенията ѝ „Валперга”, „Матилда” и „Последният човек”.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Childrens, Short Stories, Mary Shelley, 19th Century, Turkish

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1820

About the author

Mary 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.

Reviews

[Елена Кръстева · Rating 4 out of 5]

Докато търсеше свой дом между страниците на книгата, Морис намери убежище в сърцето ми.

[Gwynplaine26th · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Maurice" narra di un ragazzo che a due anni viene rapito ai suoi ricchi genitori da una donna senza figli desiderosa di averne uno. Povera moglie di un marinaio, la donna lo alleva comunque con amore, ma in qualche modo Maurice ricorda vagamente di aver vissuto in un altro modo.

Il ragazzo, che è dotato di un garbo naturale e di una gentilezza d'animo mai minati dalle difficili condizioni in cui si trova, si mantiene onesto, bene educato, e pronto a fidarsi del prossimo anche nelle peggiori circostanze.

Come in Frankenstein, Mary Shelley ipotizza che "il mostro diventi cattivo per l'ambiente in cui vive non per sua natura": qui sembra quasi suggerire qualcosa di diverso, mostrandoci un giovane che mantiene la sua innata bontà nonostante i maltrattamenti. Maurice non cerca mai la vendetta, semmai si fa ancora più premuroso al fine di non diventare crudele egli stesso. Un racconto breve scaldacuore.

[Mad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un racconto molto breve. Una storia toccante di un bambino perduto

[Khairunnisa Nakathorige · Rating 3 out of 5]

"It was only in 1997, exactly two hundred years after Mary Shelley's birth, was Mary's story [Maurice or The Fisher's Cot] brought to light..." writes Claire Tomalin, the renowned biographer. Claire Tomalin's introduction to the tale (which is longer than the tale itself) is priceless. In the introduction she explores the circumstances which gave rise to the story which was a gift to Laurette, the elder daughter of Lady Mountcashell. Lady Mountcashell was a pupil of Mary Shelley's late mother Mary Wollstonecraft. This tale though meant to be a story for children does not escape the darkness which is peculiar to Shelley's works. The world she creates is evocative of loss, suffering and gloom. Clare Tomalin's introduction gives us much needed insight into Shelley's life which helps us understand the dark undercurrents in the story which stems from her own experience of loss (she had lost to death three of her children by then) and suffering.
The tale is divided into three parts imitating the adult three-volume novels of the period. This book also contains a preface by Cristina Dazzi who writes how she chanced upon the manuscript: "A few pages written in an orderly handwriting, tied in two thin bindings with a pale blue cover, which did little to please the eye. They were mixed up with a pile of personal letters, school diplomas, poems and dedications, economic and political pamphlets, newspaper cutting, visiting cards, train tickets, maps and photographs. A bit of everything... Suddenly I found this little book in my hands and I read the dedication at the top of the first page: 'To Laurette from her friend Mrs Shelley.' I thought I had misread it..."

[Mloy · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was actual two version of this story in this book: one was the original tale written y Mary Shelley word for word and the other is a modern interpretation of the words. I actually liked the older, original version. There was just an innocence and a rhythm to Shelley's writing that I favored over the newer version. Aside from the story being truly enchanting and such a complexity in the plot, which was beautifully thought out. I loved how she plotted all the events that unfolded and intertwined seemingly random characters with a single thread. This was really enjoyable to read and the story was surprisingly still interesting even in this modern age.

[Lucía ⭐️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mary Shelley sufrió múltiples tragedias a lo largo de su vida. Esta parte oscura y desagradable de la existencia queda siempre reflejada en su obra, y es normalmente lo primero que recordamos al pensar en ella. Y, pese a todo, tras esta capa lúgubre siempre encontramos lo mismo: el amor y la búsqueda del reconocimiento.

Maurice representa al niño que se salva, que es finalmente feliz, y cuya honradez y trabajo acaban actuando a su favor. Escribir esto tras la muerte de sus propios hijos debió ser realmente duro, y añade más peso al mensaje siempre presente en sus historias... Que toda criatura buena desea el amor del otro, y aunque el mal a veces triunfa sobre el bien, los buenos sentimientos nunca desaparecen ni en las peores circunstancias.

[Maika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un breve cuento, un cuento lleno de bondad, de sufrimiento e injusticias que Mary Shelley escribió en un momento de depresión, originada por la pérdida de tres de sus hijos. Esta fue su manera de expiar esos demonios.

Un manuscrito que permaneció perdido en un baúl durante 167 años, entre correspondencia, poemas, postales … Una descendiente de Mary Shelley la encontró en el verano de 1997 y fue todo un acontecimiento cultural muy celebrado, sobre todo en el Reino Unido.
¡Gracias Cristina Dazzi!

Enclavado en el periodo del Romanticismo, hará las delicias de quienes busquen una historia amable y tierna, donde todo se podría resumir en esta frase extractada: “Las personas que hacen lo que no deben rara vez obtienen por sus delitos la recompensa que habían previsto”.

Maurice es un pequeño niño que huye de su casa en búsqueda de un sustento que alivie la asfixiante economía familiar, en su búsqueda, recalará en el puerto de Devon y conocerá a un pescador humilde que le cambiará la vida.

Esta edición descatalogada, ya lo siento, cuenta con bellas ilustraciones que hacen la experiencia lectora más completa. También hay una introducción magnífica De Santiago Gamboa, que recomiendo se lea una vez terminado el Cuento.

En definitiva si te apetece leer algo sencillo, lleno de amor con un final feliz, con la magnífica prosa de Mary Shelley, sin duda lee MAURICE O LA CABAÑA DEL PESCADOR.

[Lyubina Litsova · Rating 5 out of 5]

Едва ли някой би предположил, че създателката на един от най-ужасяващите образи в световната литература, е написала детска книжка.

„Морис, или къщичката на рибаря” на Мери Шели е посветена на момиченцето Лорет, но историята така и не вижда бял свят дълго време. Всъщност ръкописът тъне в забрава повече от век и половина. И ето че днес ние имаме щастието да се докоснем до една наистина красива история.

Прочетох я на един дъх, радвайки се на илюстрациите на Мила Янева-Табакова и на текста в превод на Боряна Даракчиева. Това се случи в един навъсен мартенски ден и оттогава не спирам да я препоръчвам на малки и на големи и да споделям възторга си от това съкровище с всеки близък, колкото и пресилено да ви се звучи.

Главният герой е тринайсетгодишното момче Морис - сираче, което всички обичат заради доброто му сърце и работливостта му. Приютено от стария рибар Барнет, то заживява беден, но щастлив живот в обрулената и обрасла с мъхове къщичка на ръба на скалите. Не за дълго обаче.

Историята е колкото тъжна, толкова и пълна със светлина, която блести между редовете и грее, когато и да разлистите книгата. Отрезвяващо е да видите света през чистите очи на едно дете, което си няма никого и нищо. И въпреки неволите и жестокостта на възрастните, Морис не губи нито вяра, нито частица от добротата си.

Разбира се, няма как такова великодушие да не бъде възнаградено. Срещата с пътника променя съдбата на Морис и всъщност го отвежда у дома. Прочетете я и ще разберете как.

Тази съвсем кратка история не претендира с изключителност, а с това, че честността, благородството, любознателността и способността да цениш това, което имаш, са важни човешки качества.

„Двамата се грижеха за градината, купуваха си храна и я приготвяха сами; а при тихо и слънчево време сядаха на камъка близо до поточето и разговаряха за всички прекрасни неща, които бяха видели или щяха да видят някой ден, четяха хубави книги и от знанието и уроците в тях ставаха по-мъдри и по-щастливи.”

[Akylina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a children's story Mary Shelley wrote for a friend of hers in Italy and was not discovered and published until as late as 1999. This edition comes with a very extensive introduction (it's almost double the size of the story), where the personal history of Mary Shelley, her family and close friends is related, as well as how she came to know this Italian family and all the family affairs that led to the creation of this story. The introduction could be considered a story on its own, actually.

The story itself is merely 30 pages long and it's separated into 3 parts. I found the first two parts rather dull and of little interest to me, but the third part piqued my interest a bit more. Overall, it wasn't that strong of a story for me, and having read the introduction beforehand, I can understand some of Shelley's life circumstances that find shelter in this story, such as the loss of her own kids. Even though it's a children's story, I found the themes of abandonment and death included pretty harsh for that age group.

[Книжни Криле · Rating 5 out of 5]

Някой там, в издателство „Лист”, явно се изживява като своеобразен литературен Индиана Джоунс! След като се погрижиха до българския читател да достигне „Котаракът и Дяволът” от Джеймс Джойс, сега „Лист” продължават поредицата „Детски шедьоври от велики писатели” с друга изненадваща (и едва ли не апокрифна) история, открита из стари ръкописи и прашасали документи. От авторката на "Франкенщайн, или новият Прометей" до нас достига една красива детска приказка, която ще ви заплени. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле":

https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/201...

[Lee Hutchinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think possibly that if you have suffered as Mary Shelley suffered, you may find this tale enjoyable: ingenuous, moving and uplifting. If, on the other hand, you have not experienced a similar degree of suffering, or cannot empathize with such, then you may find it trite, mawkish and tedious. It may lead you to consider the extent to which suffering influences our potential to attain higher levels of emotional sensitivity - and, in turn, how those impact on our general receptivity to language and literature. [But I wouldn't ponder that for too long or you might get depressed]

[Shel]

Quotable:"In the fine evenings they would sail out to sea in the old fishing boat; they did not fish, for they did not like to give pain to, and to destroy animals, but they would observe the dancing waves, and the rocky shores; and if they stayed out long after sunset they saw how the stars came out one by one till the whole sky was covered with them."

[Mir · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's cool that this unknown manuscript was discovered so many years later, but the story itself is pretty boring.

[Ümit Mutlu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Acayip sade ve samimi bir öykü. Anlamsızca sevdim.

[Jenna Gareis · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my opinion, this slim little volume - a child's gift - was the perfect way to begin this 200-year journey. Although it was written and read and cherished in 1820, this little tale didn't see publication until 1998. It was not completely unknown as allusions and references to it did appear in Mary Shelley's letters and journals, it was assumed to be lost forever. No scholar had ever seen it or references to it after 1823, when she wrote to her children's publisher father, asking him if it was any good. He laments to her that it is too short and that's the last we hear of I until 1997 when it turns up in a palazzo in Italy. How it got there is the best part of the story. It all starts before Mary Shelley is born when her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was governess to a 14-year-old girl named Margaret King. Wollstonecraft was a woman long before her time and had a great influence on the young Margaret King. When Margaret married Earl Mountcashell in 1798, she believed that she would be able to control him and that she should and would have a certain amount of personal freedom. She wanted to write and participate in politics and intellectual pursuits. The scope of her life was much more limited than she'd ever imagined it would be. As was the case with the majority of women in her time, the whole of her life revolved around managing her husband's homes, bearing, and raising children. She found very little satisfaction in this arrangement but felt some affection for her husband and deeply loved her children.

In 1801 she convinced her husband to take a European tour. This attempt to break the monotony of her life would result in so much more! While on the tour, they make a stop in London to visit her beloved former governess only to find she had died giving birth to her daughter Mary (yes, our Mary!) in 1797. Margaret probably met Mary and her half-sister during this trip because it is known that she met with Wollstonecraft's husband William Godwin. Godwin adored his daughters and enjoyed including them in visits with authors and artists and politicians of the time...all on the fringes of respectability, as was he...but that's another story altogether. She probably met young Mary when she was four years old. Then continued on to Paris to schmooze with the likes of the Bonapartes until war broke out...again and they had to head to Rome. During their travels, Margaret has several children (European tours were no joke!) and also, falls in love.

George Tighe, a friend of her husband, and she begin a fairly torrid affair. He was a poet, a scholar, and a former military man. Her husband had long since returned to the UK with several of their children, while she remained in Europe with the youngest of their children... and George. Her husband, at the end of his (remarkably long) patience, finally orders her to return to England to sign divorce papers...not a common or easy obtained course of action at this time. While, she would have been more than happy to grant him the divorce, doing so would also mean the immediate and forever loss of her children. She believed that the law would support her keeping her youngest children until they were seven years old, at which point she must relinquish them to their father, but this was not the case. She had a choice to make. Her children, a husband that now hated her, and a closed life or her lover, intellectual equality, and complete isolation from her children for the rest of her life. She chose love.

Before you judge Margaret too harshly, she did return to England with a lawyer and fought for partial custody of all her children but in 1807, she had to turn over all of her children, the youngest being three years old Eliza. She never saw them again. In 1814, she and Tighe removed themselves to the quiet country life in rural Italy and had two daughters, Nerina and Laurette. She would write, later in life, to her illegitimate daughters with Tighe that, "misfortune must ever be a lot of those who transgress the laws of social life." Neither she nor Tighe ever returned to England. They were complete social outcasts, living in sin, and perfectly happy (even in mourning for her seven children with Mountcashell) in Italy to the end of their days (although they do marry in 1826 following the death of Mountcashell).

In 1814, Mary and her married, poet, lover Percy Bysshe Shelley ran away to Europe with Mary's half-sister Claire. Poor Mary would put up with Shelley's affairs, the deaths of all but one of her children, the suicide of her half-sister Fanny, the insanity of Claire and her reluctant lover Lord Byron and the early death by drowning of her husband in Italy. Yet, before all this, they were young and in love and poor to the point of desperation. In 1816, known as the year without a summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to plunge, Mary writes Frankenstein at a wild house party hosted by Byron. At this point, Mary has already had and lost a young daughter. She's also had a son - William. In 1816 Mary's half-sister Fanny commits suicide and then Shelley's wife, pregnant with their third child, drowns herself in the Serpentine River. That same month, Mary and Shelley marry providing herself and her son with some semblance of social propriety but not much. The Shelley's have a second daughter, their third child. In early 1818 Frankenstein is published and a few months later, the family travels to Italy. By September 1819, both this young daughter and their son William had died. Mary is pregnant with their fourth child. He, a son, will be named Percy Florence and he will live a long, full, and quiet life but how is Mary to know this?

It's in the midst of all this whirlwind of love, loss, and creation that the free-love Shelley's find themselves in Italy, visiting with Mary's mother's old friend and pupil Margaret and she writes a small story for Margaret's young daughter Laurette. She calls it Maurice. She divides the story into three parts, just as an adult novel of the time would have been published. She gives the narrative to several different voices, as she had done with Frankenstein. Yet, unlike in Frankenstein where the basic premise of the book argues that nurture not nature determines the course and development of one's life and personality - in Maurice, she creates a character that remains honest and trusting no matter what life or cruelty throws his way. The story is bookended by death and decay and the theme that runs through the narrative is loss.

Laurette will treasure this little book and grow up to become a novelist (in Italian) and seek help from an aged Mary Shelley...who was widowed in 1822, when her husband died in a sailing accident in Italy.

There is so much more to these stories but I'll stop here.

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't aware of this little story by the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley until an hour ago... ;)

It's a sweet tale written as a birthday present for Mary's friend's 11yo daughter.
I will probably forget it quickly but, nevertheless, it deserves to be more widely known.

Recommended!

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

I shouldn't've expected much, it is a children's story after all. It's not Frankenstein, in other words. A little canned, no depth, just a straight once upon a time...

Still, fascinating background as to its publication. I said recently on facebook that the Shelleys are interesting and impressive. The soap opera of their lives shown in the introduction moves me away from Mary and Percy again, but one cannot deny their talent.

[Oriana F · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had had this book on my shelf for years and didn't know what it was, who bought it or what was it about. I grabbed it one day and COULD NOT STOP READING.
I finished it that same day and I adored it.
Everytime I think about this book I smile.
I told a few people they should totally read it and they all loved it.
It only takes one day to read and its a precious thing. Read it please.

[Lane Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shelley's Frankenstein is one of my favourite books, so I had to pick up this long-lost story when I came across it in a used book store. A quick read that took me only half an hour to get through, this story is well told and enjoyable.

[ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay Mary Shelley wrote it and it's been lost for years, but it's a children's tale. Kind of boring for me.

[Amy Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was pretty awesome. The intro & notes were really good.

[Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

well researched

[Carm9n · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here my impressions,
http://carmenyamigos.blogspot.com.es/...

[Gillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a re-read.
The story is quite charming, but on the second read I found it a little too simplistic

[Pozan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maurice, ya da Balıkçının Kulübesi |4/5|
Kırmızı Kedi’nin bu turunçgil kitaplarına başlamaya çok hevesli olsam da ancak şimdiyi bulabildim. Frankenstein’ın yazarı olarak tanıdığımız Mary Shelley’in yazdığı ilk ve tek çocuk masalıymış, kitabın arka kapağında yazdığına göre. Denildiğine göre bu öykü, Mary Shelley’in hayatı için biyografik ögeler bulunuyormuş. Yani yazarın hayatından ufak parçalar bulabilirmişiz bu öyküyü okuyarak. Ben bulmuş olabilirim, bilmiyorum çünkü Mary Shelley nasıl bir hayat yaşamış pek bir bilgim yok. Neyse…
Kitap bana hiç de çocuk masalı gibi gelmedi. Belki bir balıkçı kulübesinde geçmesinden ötürü huzur ve sakinliği çağrıştırdığından çocuk masalı deniyor olabilir ama ortada, babasının bakacak durumu olmadığı için evden kaçan ve hayata çalışarak tutunmaya çalışan bir çocuğun hikayesi var. Bence bu pek çocuk hikayesi değil. Hikayedeki tesadüfler ve benzeri durumlar ancak bir çocuk hikayesinde olabilecek tesadüfler, evet, ancak konusu bakımdan hangi çocuğun okurken keyif alacağını merak ettiğim bir kitap.
Ben yolda giderken cebimde ya da çantamda taşıyıp okumak için aldım ve öyle de bitirdim. Bir pantolon cebine sığmasa da çantanızda varlığını bile hissetmeyeceğiniz kadar hafif ama size varlığını hissettirecek kadar dolu bir hikaye. Balık sevenler için örnek vermem gerekirse, güzel bir balık yemeği kadar dolu ve tatlı. Geleceği hiç belli olmayan bir örnekti değil mi? Bence de…
Bu kitabı niye almalısınız sorusuna net bir cevap verememenin üzüntüsünü duyuyorum aslında. Marry Shelley’in tüm yazdığı eserlere ilgi duyuyorsanız almalısınız tabi ki de yazara özel bir ilgisi olmayan insanı bu kitap nasıl cezp edebilir, bilemiyorum. Ufak olması ve sizi yormadan geçip gitmesi dışında bir özelliğini sayamayacağım ne yazık ki. Ki tüm kitap da metinlerden oluşmuyor. Resimler var, her ne kadar resimler bir çocuk kitabında olmasını beklediğim resimlerden daha korkunç olsa da, varlar.
Herkesin balıkçı kulübesinde emekli olacağı güzel günler dileğiyle. Kendinize iyi bakın.

[Factura · Rating 5 out of 5]

“—Nada me une a este muchacho y, sin embargo, me han conmovido su porte y su talante” Maurice o la cabaña del pescador, Mary Shelley

Después de leer la reseña de Frankenstein que escribió mi camarada @hellenicrisis, me dieron ganas de revisitar la escritura de Mary Shelley. Entonces me acordé que mi viejo tenía un libro con un cuento de ella que me había leído cuando era más chica. Esperé a que se durmiera y en la madrugada se lo arrebaté. Al día siguiente lo empecé a la mañana y por la noche ya lo había terminado, porque así de bien escribe Mary Shelley.

“así que estoy solo en el mundo y estaría para siempre en deuda con quien tuviera la amabilidad de ayudarme”

El libro es una historia dulce y esperanzadora, escrita (como bien señala Gamboa en el prólogo) por una Mary rodeada de tragedias y niños fallecidos, en espera de un final feliz. Como ya dije en mi reseña de Casas Vacías noté un gran parecido entre ambas historias, por lo que al terminar de leer este libro el final feliz que tuvo no pudo relajarme, ya que pensaba que algo malo le terminaría pasando a Maurice. Pero eso es solo impresión mía.

“Pero las personas que hacen lo que no deben rara vez obtienen por sus delitos la recompensa que habían previsto”

Este es un cuento que recomiendo a todo el mundo: de niños a adultos. Nadie debería perderse de conocer al bello Maurice ni a su historia, pero menos todavía deberían privarse de leer a Mary Shelley.

Buscame en IG: @factura_rb

[Sarah Coller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this quite a bit more than I thought I would. I've never really enjoyed Frankenstein, which has made me never care much for more from Mary Shelley. However, my interest in her companions was slightly raised when I visited Byron's Newstead Abbey in 2016 and learned about Percy, Claire Clairmont, Allegra, and others. I was offered this book by a fellow reader friend and decided to set aside my prejudices and give her another try.

I read the first few pages, up to 13 where there are spoilers to the story of Maurice. Then I skipped ahead to the "Author's Original" version of the story on page 119 (this volume contains the story in two forms) then I went back and finished Tomalin's commentary from pages 13-65, finishing with the poem about Percy on pgs. 155-159.

I enjoyed the short biography of Shelley and friends just as much or more than the story of Maurice but was a bit intrigued by that short story as it was very reminiscent of one I'd read recently. Elizabeth Goudge's Gentian Hill also takes place on Torquay and the "big mystery" is eerily similar. In fact, if it wasn't established in this book that Shelley's short story was only discovered in 1997, I'd be sure that Goudge used it as inspiration for her novel. One of life's great mysteries, I guess...

[Warwick Stubbs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of interest mostly to Mary Shelley fans, the short story is only 20 pages long while the Introduction is a full 50 pages long and details Mary's relationship to Laurette, the dedicatee, and the latter's relationship to the eventual discoverer of the manuscript. Kind of interesting, but personally, I found it became a bit tedious. Although, it was interesting to hear how much of a b*stard Byron turned out to be.

The short story is nothing special in this day and age of lost children and found parents, and unfortunately, the introduction gives it all away (which is why I often read stories first before going back to their introduction, as I did with this one as well). Having said that, the same story could have made for a much better developed narrative with a few plot twists to keep the reader guessing, but in the end it is a story aimed at a young child, so simplicity rules.

Following the story is a typeset of Mary's original manuscript including corrections, and following on, begining the Appendices, is a poem by Lady Mountcashell called "12 Cogent Reasons for Supposing P.B. Sh-ll-y is the D-v-l Inc-rn-t-". Lovers of the Romantic poetry personalities will want to get their eyes on this!

[Aida Santillán · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuenta la historia de los Barnet: un pescador y su esposa, postrada en una silla, que habitaban una cabaña a la orilla del mar, por el que se despedía para pescar día a día.

La cabaña era muy sencilla, casi al punto de su destrucción, pero hermosa para el matrimonio. Al morir la esposa (una mujer muy bondadosa y servicial), Maurice llega a vivir con el Sr. Barnet, un adolescente enfermizo y abandonado a su suerte.

Todo comienza con la llegada de un forastero al pueblo de pescadores y el paso del cortejo fúnebre del Sr. Barnet, le llama la atención la fragilidad y pesar de Maurice cargando el féretro, y le cuentan su historia al forastero.

Un relato bellamente contado, al estilo de la Shelley; plena de descripciones casi poéticas sobre la ambientación y el alma de las personas.

Quizás un poco cliché en cuanto al final, pero bella, bellamente escrito. Una historia preciosa!

@libros_aidasantillan

[Detski Knigi · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Морис, или къщичката на рибаря” на Мери Шели е история от онези, които можеш да препрочиташ и няма да ти омръзнат. Образите на героите са живи, техните истории – пленяващи вниманието, а съдбите им – предизвикващи силни чувства у читателя. Майсторството на писателката струи от всеки ред на кратката история, а смекчените на пръв поглед тонове на щастие, нещастие, тъга и радост избухват в съзнанието и оставят следи – мисълта за Морис не спира да изплува сред ежедневните занимания, докато капризите на съдбата провокират сериозни размисли дори у възрастните: http://detskiknigi.com/moris-ka-shtic...