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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. (Source.)

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English writer (1797–1851)

Born 30 August 1797
Died 1 February 1851

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  • Cover of: Frankenstein

    Cover of edition cu31924105428902 Cover of edition ghostseer01schiuoft Cover of edition frankensteinormo00shel_9 Cover of edition frankensteinorm00shelgoog Cover of edition frankensteinorm02shelgoog Cover of edition frankensteinoelm0000shel Cover of edition annotatedfranken00shel Cover of edition frankenstein0000gran_r1i1 Cover of edition frankensteinormo00newy First published in 1818 — 2184 editions
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  • Cover of: The Last Man
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    Cover of edition lastman01shell Cover of edition lastmanshelley02shelrich Cover of edition lastman0000shel_s7u1 Cover of edition lastman0000shel_k1o6 Cover of edition lastman00mary Cover of edition lastman0000shel_a4f9 Cover of edition lastman0000shel Cover of edition lastman0000shel_k5i8 First published in 1826 — 384 editions
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  • Cover of: Falkner: a novel
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    Cover of edition falknernovel13shel First published in 1837 — 333 editions
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  • Cover of: Mathilda

    First published in 1959 — 184 editions
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  • Cover of: Proserpine & Midas: two unpublished mythological dramas
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    First published in 1922 — 172 editions
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  • Cover of: Lodore
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    Cover of edition lodore00shel Cover of edition lodore02shel Cover of edition lodoreshelley01shelrich Cover of edition lodore03shel Cover of edition lodore00shelgoog Cover of edition lodore0000shel First published in 1835 — 149 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein: 1818 Text
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    Cover of edition frankenstein00mary_6 Cover of edition frankensteinormo0000mary Cover of edition frankensteinormo0000shel_t0c9 Cover of edition maryshelleyfrank00shel Cover of edition frankensteinorig0000shel First published in 1818 — 90 editions
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  • Cover of: Mortal Immortal: By Mary Shelley - Illustrated

    First published in 1996 — 86 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

    First published in 2020 — 84 editions
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  • Cover of: Invisible Girl (Illustrated)

    First published in 2014 — 69 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein Annotated

    First published in 2020 — 62 editions
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  • Cover of: The Heir Of Mondolfo

    First published in 2004 — 60 editions
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  • Cover of: The fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance
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    Cover of edition fortunesofperkin00sheluoft Cover of edition fortunesperkinw00shelgoog Cover of edition fortunesofperkin0000shel First published in 1830 — 52 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus

    First published in 2007 — 43 editions
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  • Cover of: Valperga, or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca
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    Cover of edition valpergaorlifead0000shel_d7n2 Cover of edition valpergaorlifead0000shel_o0n3 Cover of edition valpergaorlifead0000shel First published in 1823 — 41 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein
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    First published in 1963 — 36 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein

    First published in 2020 — 35 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein

    First published in 2007 — 29 editions
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  • Cover of: History of a six weeks' tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland: with letters descriptive of a sail round the Lake of Geneva, and of the glaciers of Chamouni.
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    Cover of edition historyasixweek00shelgoog First published in 1817 — 26 editions
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein Illustrated

    First published in 2020 — 23 editions
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English writer (1797–1851)

Born 30 August 1797
Died 1 February 1851

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, horror, Frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction, Monsters, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, Scientists, English Authors, Horror stories, English literature, Fiction, general, Biography, Fiction, science fiction, general, Horror tales, Scientists, fiction, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction, Correspondence, Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), Monsters, fiction, short stories, English Horror tales, Diaries, Drama, Frankenstein (Fictitious character)

Places

England, Italy, Araby, Araby bazaar, Geneva (Switzerland), North Richmond Street, Europe, Germany, London, Lucerne, Oxford, Toledo, Archangel, Buenos Aires, Devon, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Geneva, Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain, Jefferson, Lucca (Italy), Massachusetts, Memphis, Mississippi

People

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's Monster (Fictitious character), Mangan's sister, Castruccio Castracani (1281-1328), Ethelred, Father Time, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Alfred Doolittle, Berenice, Colonel Killigrew, Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Egaeus, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, Ernest Valdemar, Ezra Buckley, F. B. Sanborn (1831-1917), Faith Brown

Time

19th century, 1268-1492, 1485-1509 (Henri VII), 14th century, 1600s, 1700s, 17th century, 1912, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 21st Century, Antebellum era, Carnival, Henry VII, 1485-1509

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Alternative names

  • Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Mary W. Shelley
  • Mary Godwin Shelley

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July 29, 2024 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten links
May 15, 2024 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
May 15, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import