ABSTRACT
These eight volumes contain the works of Mary Shelley and include introductions and prefatory notes to each volume. Included in this edition are "Frankenstein" (1818), "Matilda" ((1819), "Valperga" (1823), "The Last Man" (1826), "Perkin Warbeck" (1830) and "Lodore" (1835).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |326 pages
Valperga: or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
part |116 pages
Vol. I
chapter Chapter I|7 pages
Birth of Castruccio. – His family exiled from Lucca when he is eleven years of age
chapter Chapter III|8 pages
Francis Guinigi, the military Peasant. - Castruccio resides with him one Year
chapter Chapter VII|10 pages
Milan. - Court of the Emperor Henry. - Arrigo Guinigi. - Sack of Cremona. - Benedetto Pepi
chapter Chapter VIII|10 pages
Death of the Emperor. - Uguccione, tyrant of Pisa, restores Castruccio at Lucca. - Euthanasia
part |106 pages
Vol. II
chapter Chapter I|10 pages
Conference of Castruccio and Galeazzo Visconti - of Castruccio and the Bishop of Ferrara
chapter Chapter VI|9 pages
Galeazzo Visconti at Florence. - Castruccio and Euthanasia meet at Valperga: Doubts and Reserve
chapter Chapter VII|12 pages
Castruccio exiles three hundred Families from Lucca - Visits at Valperga - His Character further developed
chapter Chapter VIII|8 pages
Beatrice, disguised as a Pilgrim, visits Valperga. - Castruccio relates her Story
part |102 pages
Vol. III
