Mary Shelley (August 30, 1797–Feb 1, 1851) was an English writer, famous for penning the horror classicFrankenstein(1818), which has since been regarded as the first science fiction novel. Though much of her fame is derived from that classic, Shelley left a large body of work that spann...
Shelley’s first wife also appeared for some time. In 1816, Mary and Shelley finally married. In 1817, Mary published a travelogue History of Six Weeks’ Tour about their escape to Europe. In 1818, she published her novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus anonymously. Since Percy Shelley...
began spending a great deal of time in the Godwin home. Although he was married, his presence made an immediate impression on Mary, who began to read poetry at his inducement. Shelley's genuine admiration for the works of Mary's mother earned him her trust she invited him to accompany her...
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Women a Cultural ReviewPatricia Duncker, "Mary Shelley's Afterlives: Biography and Invention", in Harold Bloom, ed., Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bloom's Modern Critical Vewis, BLC - Bloom's Literary Criticism, Infobase Publishing, New York, 2009, pp. 95-113...
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author known for hisadventure stories. He is sometimes credited with creating thescience fictionliterary genre, though others give that credit to English writer Mary Shelley. Verne wrote imaginative tales that often revolved around futuristic inventions. His stories are...
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separated. In March, 1814, Shelley was married a second time to Harriet Westbrook, the ceremony taking place in St. George's Church, Hanover Square. Unfortunately, about this time the poet became enamored of the daughter of Mr. Godwin, a young lady who could `feel poetry and understand phi...
See Mary Shelley’s biographical prefaces and notes to The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 4 vols (London: Edward Moxon, 1839) Google Scholar Henry Fothergill Chorley, Memorials of Mrs. Hemans. With Illustrations of her Literary Character from her Private Correspondence, 2 vols (London:...