Mary Shelley MATHILDA (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Greatest Works #2) by Mary Shelley -- A Science Fiction Classic Novel

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. -Wikipedia