from the Introduction to the 1831 edition of FrankensteinĪll rights reserved. MY DREAMS WERE ALL MY OWN I ACCOUNTED FOR THEM TO NOBODY. In Mary Shelley, Catherine Reef brings this passionate woman, brilliant writer, and forgotten feminist into crisp focus, detailing a life that was remarkable both before and after the publication of her immortal masterpiece. Success soon followed for Mary, but also great tragedy and misfortune. It was there, during a cold and wet summer, that she first imagined her story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life. Raised by her father, the political philosopher William Godwin, Shelley ran away to Lake Geneva with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was only sixteen years old. This “fascinating, scandal-rich” biography recounts a story full of drama, death, and one of the strangest romances in literary history ( Booklist). Most famous for her iconic tale of gothic horror, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley led a life that could itself have been a gothic novel. This YA biography offers “a thorough, sensitive portrayal of one of literature ’ s most remarkable authors, illustrated with period portraits and engravings ” ( Kirkus).
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