The Complete Works of Mary Shelley

The Complete Works of Mary Shelley

by Mary Shelley
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Publication Date: 15/01/2020

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The Complete Works of Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley.

This collection includes the following:

Frankenstein

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Tales and Stories

The Last Man

Valperga; or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

Londore

Mathilda

Proserpine & Midas

History of 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

ISBN:
9780599893566
9780599893566
Category:
Anthologies (non-poetry)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
15-01-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Shrine of Knowledge
Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, into a life of personal tragedy. In 1816, she married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and that summer traveled with him and a host of other Romantic intellectuals to Geneva.

Her greatest achievement was piecing together one of the most terrifying and renowned stories of all time: Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley conceived Frankenstein in, according to her, "a waking dream."

This vision was simply of a student kneeling before a corpse brought to life. Yet this tale of a mad creator and his abomination has inspired a multitude of storytellers and artists. She died on February 1, 1851.,

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