▁Category : Bro ok h aven , ▁New ▁York ▁Category : National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁in ▁Su ff olk ▁County , ▁New ▁York <0x0A> </s> ▁F alk ner ▁( 1 8 3 7 ) ▁is ▁the ▁pen ult imate ▁book ▁published ▁by ▁the ▁author ▁Mary ▁Sh elle y . ▁Like ▁Sh elle y ' s ▁earlier ▁novel ▁L odore ▁( 1 8 3 5 ), ▁it ▁charts ▁a ▁young ▁woman ' s ▁education ▁under ▁a ▁ty ran n ical ▁father ▁figure . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁six - year - old ▁or phan , ▁Elizabeth ▁R aby ▁prevents ▁Ru pert ▁F alk ner ▁from ▁comm itting ▁suic ide ; ▁F alk ner ▁then ▁adopt s ▁her ▁and ▁brings ▁her ▁up ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁model ▁of ▁virtue . ▁However , ▁she ▁falls ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁Ger ald ▁Ne ville , ▁whose ▁mother ▁F alk ner ▁had ▁un int ention ally ▁driven ▁to ▁her ▁death ▁years ▁before . ▁When ▁F alk ner ▁is ▁finally ▁acqu itted ▁of ▁murder ing ▁Ne ville ' s ▁mother , ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁female ▁values ▁sub due ▁the ▁destruct ive ▁imp uls es ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁men ▁she ▁lov es , ▁who ▁are ▁recon ci led ▁and ▁un ite ▁with ▁Elizabeth ▁in ▁domestic ▁harm ony . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁F alk ner ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁of ▁Sh elle y ' s ▁nov els ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁hero ine ' s ▁ag enda ▁triumph s . ▁In ▁critic ▁Kate ▁Fer g us on ▁Ell is ' s