MARY SHELLEY
English author (1797-1851)
Biography:
Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft was the only daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, the famous feminist who wrote Vindication for the Rights of Women, and William Godwin, philosopher and novelist. At the age of 16 sha run away with Piercy Bysshe Sheeley, the Romantic poet.
Mary Shelley created in 1815 (when she was only 18) one of the most famous characters in literature: doctor Frankenstein. The story was born after a "literary" bet with Lord Byron and Dr. Polidori, being all of them in charge of inventing a horror story for the night.
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