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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein, and daughter of women's right advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.
About Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Daughter of early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and wife of the Romantic poet Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley is known for her 1818 nove, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. Your Guide sums up her life and adds resources on the Net and in print for more information.
Mary Shelley Quotations
A few quotes from the writer Mary Shelley, compiled by your Women's History Guide.
A Famous Mother/Daughter Pair
Former About Guide to Classic Literature, Floramaria Deter, on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.
Mrs. Shelley, by Lucy Madox Rossetti
Ebook version of the "Eminent Women" biography, 248 pages, published 1890.

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