Language: English
Published in: 1820
Categorie(s): Fiction, Romance
Word count: 46,811 words (≈ about 3 hours)
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15238/15238-h/15238-h.htm
Copyright: Public Domain
Narrating from her deathbed, Matilda tells the story of her unnamed father's confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.