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- Born: August 30, 1797
- Birthplace: Somers Town, London, United Kingdom
- Died: February 1, 1851
- Literary genre: Gothic, Historical, Travel Writing
- Parents: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin
- Had no formal education
- Married Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Frankenstein inspired by a waking dream
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Mary Shelley was a British author and editor during the Romantic Period.
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Career
Mary Shelley was encouraged toward a literary life by her father and by her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was raised among books and received an informal education that surpassed what most women of her era could expect. Shelley wrote her first novel Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus while staying with her future husband Percy Shelly, their son William, Lord George Gordon Byron and Byron's physician John Polidori on Lake Geneva. While this has been her most enduring work, Shelley was a well-known writer during her lifetime, and completed three other novels, numerous short stories, essays, and travelogues.Notable Works
- Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (1818)
- Valperga (1823)
- The Last Man (1826)
- Perkin Warbeck (1830)
Parents
Mary Shelley's mother, who died when Shelley was an infant, was Mary Wollstonecraft, a thinker and writer who advocated social change and equality. She wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Man, and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; she is sometimes considered to be an early feminist. Mary Shelley's father, William Godwin, was an extremely influential novelist and political thinker of his time, and served as somewhat of a mentor to Percy Shelley.-
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Mary Shelley Timeline
- August 30, 1797: Born in London, England
- 1814: Elopes with Percy Bysshe Shelley to France
- 1816: Begins writing Frankenstein
- 1817: Completes Frankenstein
- 1818: Publishes Frankenstein
- 1820: Proserpine and Midas
- 1822: Percy Bysshe Shelley dies
- 1823: Valperga: Or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
- 1826: The Last Man
- 1830: The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, A Romance
- 1833: The Mortal Immortal
- 1837: Falkner: A Novel
- February 1, 1851: Died Bournemouth, England
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Notable Mary Shelley Films
- IMDb: Mary Shelley Filmography
- The majority of the following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups
- 1910: Frankenstein
- 1935: Bride of Frankenstein
- 1939: Son of Frankenstein
- 1970: The Horrors of Frankenstein
- 1974: Young Frankenstein
- 1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- 2007: The Last Man
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Questions and Answers About Mary Shelley
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Was it Mary Shelley who wrote, "welcome the coming, speed the parting guest"? Heard on Orson Welles' Mercury Theater 1939 radio performance.
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I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine & rage the likes of which you wouldn't believe (Mary Shelley) #TDOR #RTNLondon
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Uma garota chamada Mary Shelley obcecada por filmes...hum intrigante. Vejamos se "A ilha maldita" é bom mesmo.
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Got 2 more chapters of Frankenstein read with the kids. Which is worse - their reading or Mary Shelley's writing? Hard to tell...
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By the way, in case you wondered why I keep tweeting about Mary Shelley: I'm working on a big assignment about Frankenstein.
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