Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1797 - 1851

Occupation

Writer

Description

Gothic horror writer, notably for the classic book 'Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus' (1818). Caused a scandal when she ran away to Europe with a married man (Percy Shelley, who she later married in 1861) and having a child with him. Other novels include 'Valperga' (1823), 'Perkin Warbeck' (1830), 'The Last Man' (1826), 'Lodore' (1835) and 'Falkner' (1837). Had relationships with women after her husbands death. Bisexual

Further Reading/Research

• https://www.biography.com/writer/mary-shelley
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-strange-and-twisted-life-of-frankenstein
• https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/nov/07/does-it-matter-if-mary-shelley-was-bisexual

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