Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley
Richard Rothwell's portrait of Shelley was shown at the Royal Academy in 1840, accompanied by lines from Percy Shelley's poem The Revolt of Islam calling her a "child of love and light".[1]
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an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction
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Born
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 30 August 1797 Somers Town, London
Died
1 February 1851 (aged 53) Chester Square, London
Occupation
Writer
adultbasic
Britain
Children
4, including Percy Florence Shelley
era
1800+
Language
English
Notable works
Frankenstein (1818), among others
Parents
William Godwin Mary Wollstonecraft
Spouse
Percy Bysshe Shelley ( m. 1816; died 1822)