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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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British writer (1797–1851)

Born 30 August 1797
Died 1 February 1851

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  • Cover of: Frankenstein

    First published in 1818 2181 editions in 9 languages — 104 previewable Cover of edition cu31924105428902 Cover of edition ghostseer01schiuoft Cover of edition frankensteinormo00shel_9 Cover of edition frankensteinorm00shelgoog Cover of edition frankensteinorm02shelgoog Cover of edition frankensteinormo0000shel_o4k0 Cover of edition frankensteinormo0000shel_d0q0 Cover of edition frankensteinoelm0000shel Cover of edition annotatedfranken00shel
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  • Cover of: The Last Man

    First published in 1826 383 editions in 3 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition lastmanshelley02shelrich Cover of edition lastma01shel Cover of edition lastman00mary Cover of edition lastman0000shel_s7u1 Cover of edition lastman0000shel_k5i8 Cover of edition lastman0000shel_a4f9 Cover of edition lastman0000shel Cover of edition lastman0000shel_k1o6
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  • Cover of: Falkner: a novel

    First published in 1837 333 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition falknernovel13shel
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  • Cover of: Proserpine & Midas: two unpublished mythological dramas

    First published in 1922 172 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1835 149 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition lodore02shel Cover of edition lodoreshelley01shelrich Cover of edition lodore01shel Cover of edition lodore03shel Cover of edition lodore00shelgoog Cover of edition lodore0000shel
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein: 1818 Text

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  • Cover of: The fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: a romance

    First published in 1830 52 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition fortunesofperkin00shel Cover of edition fortunesperkinw00shelgoog Cover of edition fortunesofperkin0000shel
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  • Cover of: Valperga, or, The life and adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca

    First published in 1823 41 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition valpergaorlifead0000shel_d7n2 Cover of edition valpergaorlifead0000shel_o0n3 Cover of edition valpergaorlifead0000shel
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    First published in 1963 36 editions in 6 languages — 1 previewable
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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.

    First published in 1817 26 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition historyasixweek00shelgoog
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  • Cover of: The Book of fantasy

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  • Cover of: Tales and stories: now first collected

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  • Cover of: Maurice, or, The fisher's cot: a tale

    First published in 1998 8 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    First published in 1944 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letters of Mary W. Shelley: (mostly unpublished)

    First published in 1918 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Frankenstein omnibus

    First published in 1994 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dracula / Frankenstein

    First published in 1973 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1973 5 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: The British Tradition

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  • Cover of: Creepy Classics: hair-raising horror from the masters of the macabre

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British writer (1797–1851)

Born 30 August 1797
Died 1 February 1851
Subjects
Fiction, Horror stories, Horror tales, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, English Authors, short stories, Fiction, horror, Juvenile fiction, Monsters, Scientists, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Correspondence, Fiction, science fiction, general, Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), American Horror tales, English Horror tales, English literature, Frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction, History, Scientists, fiction, horror, Biography, Drama
Places
Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, England, Europe, Geneva (Switzerland), Italy, London, Lucerne, Toledo, Archangel, Buenos Aires, Devon, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Geneva, Germany, Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain, Jefferson, Lucca (Italy), Massachusetts, Memphis, Mississippi, New England
People
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Mangan's sister, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Ethelred, Father Time, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Alfred Doolittle, Berenice, Castruccio Castracani (1281-1328), 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, Faucigny Lucinge, Fortunato
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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  • Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Mary W. Shelley
  • Mary Godwin Shelley

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May 15, 2024 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
May 15, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 29, 2024 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten remove inventaire.io
September 7, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKAs
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import