Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (maiden name: Wollstonecraft Godwin) (1797–1851) was a British writer. Mary Shelley was the daughter of William Godwin and she was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Mary Shelley is best known for her historical and Gothic novels. Her book Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818), in which a scientist creates life in human form, has been a lasting inspiration to other writers, filmmakers and scientists.


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Books by Mary Shelley
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Series by Mary Shelley

Leonaur Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction (70 books)

Speculative Fiction Books

2013 | horror, young adult
(Leonaur Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction)
2010 | fantasy, horror, gothic horror, collection, short stories
(Leonaur Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction)
2010 | horror, gothic horror, collection, short stories
1826 | science fiction
1818 | science fiction, horror, necromancer

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