一、引言提起英国浪漫主义时期的女作家玛丽·雪莱,大部分读者对她的了解仅限于《弗兰肯斯坦》,她的其他作品鲜有人关注。《玛西尔达》(Mathilda)是玛丽·雪莱在《弗兰肯斯坦》之后写成的,成书时间为1819年间。由于《玛西尔达》所涉及的题材过于敏感,一直到玛丽·雪莱去世后此书才得以出版。《玛西尔达》是玛丽·雪莱唯一一部初稿和终稿并存的作品,其初稿被命名为《奇幻的原野(Fi- I. INTRODUCTION Mentioning the heroine Shelley of the English Romantic period, most of the readers know her only as “Frankenstein”, and the rest of her works are rarely concerned. Mathilda was written by Mary Shelley after Frankenstein and dates from 1819. Due to the sensitivities of the subject involved with Marcila, the book was not published until the death of Mary Shelley. Marcylda is the only one of Mary Shelley’s first draft and final draft co-exists, the first draft was named "Fi-