Matilda

Synopsis

'i gained his secret and we were both lost for ever'mary shelley's dark story of a bereaved man's disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century. One of 46 new books in the bestselling little black classics series, to celebrate the first ever penguin classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.