Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was born in London. Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died ten days after giving birth to her. She was one of the first feminists and her father was the writer and political journalist William Godwin, who became famous with some revolutionary works and attitudes to most social institutions, including marriage.
In her childhood Mary Shelley was left to educate herself amongst her father's intellectual circle. In 1813, at the age of 16, she met Percy Bysshe Shelley, who came into Godwin's circle, and she ran away to France and Switzerland with him. They married in 1816 and their first child, a daughter, died in Venice, Italy, a few years later.
The story of Frankenstein started on summer in 1816 when Mary joined with Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont near Geneva. She took a challenge to write the most frightening ghost story and, with her husband's encouragement, she completed the novel within a year.
In her childhood Mary Shelley was left to educate herself amongst her father's intellectual circle. In 1813, at the age of 16, she met Percy Bysshe Shelley, who came into Godwin's circle, and she ran away to France and Switzerland with him. They married in 1816 and their first child, a daughter, died in Venice, Italy, a few years later.
The story of Frankenstein started on summer in 1816 when Mary joined with Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont near Geneva. She took a challenge to write the most frightening ghost story and, with her husband's encouragement, she completed the novel within a year.
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