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Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

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Valperga, published in 1823 and reprinted here for the first time, was Mary Shelley's second novel, the successor to Frankenstein. Set in fourteenth-century Tuscany, the novel shares certain structural features with the popular fictions of Sir Walter Scott, most notably the novel Ivanhoe with its contrasting heroines, but Mary Shelley's work pointedly challenges Scott's ... More
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PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (30 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages480
ISBN-100195108825
ISBN-13978-0195108828
Publication Date01/08/1998
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About Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author) : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was a published adapter, author, creator, editor, and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley... more
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About Stuart Curran (Editor) : Stuart Curran is a published editor and a narrator. Published credits of Stuart Curran include Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucc... more
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