In this engrossing biography, acclaimed novelist Muriel Spark recreates Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's turbulent life and career and persuasively defends the enigmatic writer's place among the giants of literary history. Octavo: 235 p. with a frontispiece. Original orange cloth binding, with burgundy titles. Minor crease to the rear flyleaf. In the scarce dust jacket, which is lightly faded along the extremities. Near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

CHILD OF LIGHT: A Reassessment of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Publisher

Tower Bridge Publications Limited, Hadleigh, Essex

Publication Date

1951

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Near fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near fine

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Literature

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