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Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in Somers Town, London, in 1797. She was the second child of the feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the first child of the philosopher, novelist, and journalist William Godwin. Wollstonecraft died of puerperal fever shortly after Mary was born.
Richard Rothwell, Mary Shelley, (1839-40) This is a bibliography of works by Mary Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851), the British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797. She wrote the novel Frankenstein in 1816, and published it in 1818. The holiday Frankenstein Day was created to honor Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, every year on the anniversary of her birthday.
Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England) Sara Sheridan (born 1968, Scotland) Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England) Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916, Poland)
In 1822, her husband drowned with his sinking sailing boat. A year later, Shelley returned to England where she raised their only surviving child, published her husband's works, and wrote professionally. She died of a brain tumour at age 53. Frankenstein remains widely read and has inspired theatrical and film adaptations.
Shelley was born as the fourth child of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, his namesake, and his wife, author Mary Shelley. His elder siblings, consisting of a premature girl who died at a few weeks old and a brother and a sister who died in childhood, left him as the only surviving child after his mother suffered a miscarriage in 1822.
Steve Gardner, USA TODAY November 28, 2024 at 12:10 PM Mary McGee, the pioneering motorsports champion who was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary "Motorcycle Mary," has died at the age ...
The elder son, Charles, died young, so upon the death of Sir Timothy, the younger son, Percy, became the third Baronet. He died childless and the title passed to his first cousin, Edward Shelley, who then became the fourth Baronet. [1] Sir Bysshe Shelley had one son from his second marriage, John Shelley. His name was changed to Shelley-Sidney ...