"The Heir of Mondolfo" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a romantic story based in the Kingdom of Naples, where love and freedom clash with ideas about honor and social class. The plot follows Prince Ludovico, who lives under his mean father, Prince Fernando, who wants him to become a priest. After dealing with his father's cruelty and losing his mother, Ludovico finds comfort with Viola, a sweet peasant girl, and they secretly get married. But Prince Fernando finds out and tries to tear them apart, causing a chase that leads to the couple getting back together. Overall, the story looks at what family responsibility and identity mean, and how love can change someone as Ludovico embraces his heritage while staying connected to his modest beginnings.
The Heir of Mondolfo
By Mary Shelley
In a kingdom filled with conflict, a prince risks everything for a forbidden love, defying his tyrannical father and challenging the rigid expectations of his noble lineage.
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About the AuthorMary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
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