Mary Shelley: Biography of a Classic's Author

Mary Shelley, born in the year 1797 was a British novelist, story writer, and dramatist, famous for her novel Frankenstein. Her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, was a poet and philosopher who often sought his wife's help when editing his work. Both of her parents were philosophers, and her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a feminist whose works are still read to this day. Her father, William Godwin, always encouraged Shelley to expand her horizons, and educated her in a rather liberal lifestyle. Her book Frankenstein is known to be thought-provoking, and this stems from the liberty her father gave her as a child in the way of voicing her opinions. Mary Shelley died in the year 1851.