The Book Files - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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Not her fiance, but her husband. They were married at the end of 1816.
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the reason it was so raw was because she was coping with the death of her young daughter
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the reason it was so raw was because she was coping with the death of her young daughter
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Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. She wrote it when she was 18.
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It was not believed that a woman of genteel upbringing could envision something so raw.
It was not believed that a woman could envision something
YOU SHOULD VE SAID THAT
THANX FOR THE INTERESTING CONTRIBUTION BTW
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Mary Shelley and her husband Percy were vacationing with Lord Byron at his villa in the Swiss Alps. She was listening to ghost stories and debate about the animism of dead matter at dinner. She went to bed with that on the brain, and woke up with the story of Frankenstein, full blown in her head. She was only 19 at the time. Some debated whether she truly wrote it. It was not believed that a woman of genteel upbringing could envision something so raw. Percy confirmed her as author.
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Wasn't it her daughter Mary that wrote it: not Her mother Wallstonecraft; feminist's leading lady.
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Amazing how small coinsedences can lead to so great things :)
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It's amazing how critics hated Shelley's work back in her day while critics today consider Frankenstein one of the greatest horror stories ever written. I've read the book several times over and it's better with every reading.
To anyone who's never heard of or read the book before, check it out sometime. I think you'll enjoy it
sadlobster1 3 months ago 3
I read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and I think the world of her talents. What a super talent.
Dreamsex101 1 year ago