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作者:Vidhya Iyer - T L Kennedy SS (2352) 3 年以前

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Mary Shelley Biography

Growing up in a challenging home environment, Mary Shelley found solace in writing and self-education, largely through her father's extensive library. Despite her stepmother's refusal to allow her formal schooling, Shelley developed a profound literary skillset.

Mary Shelley Biography

Mary Shelley Biography

Connections between work and life

Experienced many deaths in her life which she incorporates into frankenstein
That horror story became her best work also called Frankenstein
Mary's friends convinced her to write a horror story

Comparison to Victor

Both didn't receive much education from childhood
Loss of many family members
Mother and fathers had many influences
Victor's mothers death was dedicated to Mary's mothers death

Family

Married Percy Bysshe Shelly, a poet in 1816
Mother had many influences
Widowed at the age of 24
Two or Mary's children died from illness
Father, William Godwin, a philosopher
Mother, Mary Wollstonecraft

Accomplishments

1959-final novel, Mathilda published
1839-published a series of her late husbands poems along with a collection of his essays and writings
1837-published Falkner
1826-published The Last Man
1823-published her second novel, Valperga
1818- published first novel, Frankenstein which became a hit

Events leading to Frankenstein

Lost first child upon birth
Read many horror novels which inspired her to write her own
Traveled abroad Europe

Childhood

Educated herself with the books from her father's library
Shelley fell in love with writing to escape her home life
Her stepmother refused her to go to school even though her stepsister did
Her mother dies shortly after birth
Born in Somers Town, London in 1797