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Her mother mary woolstonecraft was a writer, philosopher, and advocate of womens rights. Mary wollstonecraft shelley, best known for the 1818 novel frankenstein, or the modern prometheus a totally bustle frankenstein author mary shelley. Mary shelley is based on this authors real radical life. She was raised by her father who was able to provide her with a rich if infor. Mary was on holiday with her lover, percy bysshe shelley, their fourmonthold son william. She wrote several other books, including valperga 1823, the last man 1826, the autobiographical lodore 1835 and. Mary shelleys teenage years were eventful, to say the least.
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Mary shelley, her husband percy shelley, lord byron, and john polidori competed against each other to see who could write the best horror story. Was the loss of a child behind mary shelley s creation of frankenstein s monster. Mary shelley, painted in 1831 by samuel john stump. A list of important facts about mary shelley s frankenstein, including setting, climax, protagonists, and antagonists. Her father was the political philosopher william godwin and her mother was the philosopher and feminist mary wollstonecraft. How reallife science inspired mary shelleys frankenstein. Frankenstein only exists, because someone challenged mary shelley to write the best horror story. Frankenstein author mary shelley was goth before it was.