mary wollstonecraft shelley

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a British writer, whose best-known novel is Frankenstein. She was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and was the daughter of the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). orig. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin born Aug. 30, 1797, London, Eng. died Feb. 1, 1851, London English Romantic novelist. The only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she met and eloped with Percy B. Shelley in 1814. They married in 1816 after his first wife committed suicide. Mary Shelley's best-known work is Frankenstein (1818), a narrative of the dreadful consequences of a scientist's artificially creating a human being. After her husband's death in 1822, she devoted herself to publicizing his writings and educating their son. Of her several other novels, the best, The Last Man (1826), is an account of the future destruction of the human race by a plague

{i} (1797-1851) English writer, author of the classic gothic tale "Frankenstein" and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Mary Shelley

{i} Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), English writer, author of the classic gothic tale "Frankenstein" and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Ma·ry wollstonecraft Shel·ley