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...
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...
Mary Shelley. Writer: Young Frankenstein. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin; 30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel "Franke
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...
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...
InThe Dark Queens, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture’s stubbornest myths about female power.The Da...
Englishman,Horace Walpole, whoseCastle of Otranto(1765) may be said to have founded thehorror storyas a permanent form.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleyintroduced the pseudoscientific note in her famousnovelFrankenstein(1818), about the creation of a monster that ultimately destroys its creator, Dr. ...
King had second thoughts about his idea and threw the pages away. His wife, however, rescued the pages from the trash, read them, and encouraged him to keep going.Carriewas an immediate popular success and was adapted into a film for the first time in 1976 (directed byBrian De Palmaand...
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