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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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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1818
2185 editions, 94 ebooks

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The Last Man

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1826
430 editions, 8 ebooks

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Falkner: a novel

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1837
342 editions, 2 ebooks
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Mathilda

by Mary Shelley First published in 1959
223 editions

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Proserpine & Midas: two unpublished mythological dramas

by Mary Shelley First published in 1922
172 editions, 1 ebook
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Lodore

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1835
149 editions, 7 ebooks
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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1818
90 editions, 5 ebooks

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Mortal Immortal: By Mary Shelley - Illustrated

by Mary Shelley First published in 1996
86 editions

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

by Mary Shelley First published in 2017
84 editions

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Invisible Girl

by Mary Shelley and Mary Shelley First published in 2014
74 editions

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Frankenstein Annotated

by Mary Shelley First published in 2020
62 editions

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The Heir of Mondolfo [EasyRead Comfort Edition]

by Mary Shelley First published in 2004
60 editions

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The fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1830
52 editions, 4 ebooks
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Valperga: or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, prince of Lucca.

by Mary Shelley
First published in 1823
48 editions, 4 ebooks
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Frankenstein: the Grey Translation

by Mary Shelley First published in 2007
43 editions

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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley First published in 1963
36 editions, 1 ebook
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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley First published in 2020
35 editions

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Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley First published in 2007
29 editions

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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.

by Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
First published in 1817
26 editions, 2 ebooks
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Frankenstein Illustrated

by Mary Shelley First published in 2020
23 editions

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English writer (1797–1851)

Born	30 August 1797
Died	1 February 1851

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL25342A
Amazon ID: B00JLNLC7C
BookBrainz: 401be5aa-1739-4cfd-8899-ff7588c02ca4
GoodReads: 11139
ISNI: 0000000120981238
Integrated Authority File (GND): 11879695X
IMDb: nm0791217
Library of Congress Names: n79061063
LibraryThing: shelleymary
LibriVox: 783
MusicBrainz: b58db027-dcd2-412c-8074-c19e49fccc8a
Project Gutenberg: 61
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV114179
Storygraph: cc0f6e3e-f673-4d94-ae29-2c1f31d04256
VIAF: 6293
Wikidata: Q47152
Inventaire.io: wd:Q47152

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Alternative names

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary W. Shelley
Mary Godwin Shelley
mary shelley
Shelley Mary

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