Mary Shelley was a novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, nad a travel writer. She was born in Somers Town, London, UK on August 30,1897 And died in Chester Square’s ancestral home on February 1,1851. She was born unto MAry Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. Mary Shelley later in her life married a man by the name of Percy Bysshe Shelley and had a child, Percy Florence Shelley. Mrs. Shelley was best known for her story, “Frankenstein”. In my paper I will enlighten you on Marys early life, how she created Frankenstein and her death and final years.
Mary Shelley mother was the daughter of a feminist philosopher, educator and writer Mary Wollstonecraft and also a philosopher, novelist and journalist was her father, William Shelley. In Shelley’s early life her mother died of puerperal fever shortly after her birth. After this her family became extremely in debt and her father remarried so that he would have someone to care for his young daughter. Dec 1,1801 her father married Mary Jane Clairmont a well educated lady with 2 children from her previous relationship. Mrs. Clairmont was also a well known writer for children’s books,maps and games. Although her step mom was good Shelley just seemed to be a bit better.
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She ultimately wrote the story in 1831 off of an idea she had in 1816. She was in living in a manor on Lake Geneva with her future husband, famous writers Lord Byron and John Polidon. She claims that she was talking to Lord Byron and he stated that they all should write a scary ghost story and she went blank for days upon days. Mrs. Shelley also stated that a few days went by and she had a vision of a hideous phantasm man that came from the light. Then she opened her eyes and the moonlight was coming in through her window. Not to long before this all happen she had coincidently had been to Gernsheim, which was 10 mi. away from Frankenstein’s