A charming moral tale originally written for a child, "Maurice" is a long-lost manuscript by Mary Shelley being published for the first time 178 years after it was written. 25 photos.
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A charming moral tale originally written for a child, "Maurice" is a long-lost manuscript by Mary Shelley being published for the first time 178 years after it was written. 25 photos.
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Add this copy of Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot: A Tale to cart. $1.95, new condition, Sold by Val Dusek rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Scarborough, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Add this copy of Maurice, Or the Fisher's Cot: a Tale to cart. $3.26, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of Maurice, Or the Fisher's Cot: a Long-Lost Tale to cart. $4.31, good condition, Sold by Reliant Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from El Dorado, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.
Add this copy of Maurice, Or the Fisher's Cot: a Long-Lost Tale to cart. $5.00, like new condition, Sold by Persephone's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gastonia, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of Maurice, Or the Fisher's Cot: a Long-Lost Tale to cart. $5.67, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
Add this copy of Maurice, Or the Fisher's Cot: a Long-Lost Tale to cart. $5.67, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of Maurice, Or the Fisher's Cot a Long-Lost Tale to cart. $21.00, new condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1998 by Knopf.
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New in New dust jacket. 0375404732. New book, unmarked, in crisp DJ., with just a hint of shelfwear; 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches; 179 pages; In the fall of 1997, in a palazzo in the Tuscan hills north of Florence, a small booklet sewn into paper covers turned up in a long-unopened crate of old letters and other documents. It bore the title "Maurice" and an inscription: "For Laurette from her friend Mrs Shelley." Investigation proved it to be a story written by Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, a story presumed by scholars to have been irretrievably lost soon after its composition in 1820. It is here published for the first time. Written two years after her great gothic novel, Maurice dates from a period when Mary Shelley, still only twenty-two, was deeply sunk in depression. She had eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at sixteen, borne him four children and seen three of them die. Thus, though Maurice is basically a charming moral tale written for a child--the daughter of a close friend--it betrays a vein of melancholy, beginning with a funeral and concerning a boy who has lost his parents. Even the happy ending has a sad twist. Claire Tomalin--the distinguished biographer of, among others, Jane Austen and Mary Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft--was personally involved in the authentication of the rediscovered manuscript. She here contributes a comprehensive and fascinating introduction that explores the literary and psychological importance of the story and investigates the hitherto obscure histories of the two extraordinary families whose lives it touched.
