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Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist. Born the daughter of William Godwin, a novelist and anarchist philosopher, and Mary Wollstonecraft, a political philosopher and pi...visualizza altroMary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist. Born the daughter of William Godwin, a novelist and anarchist philosopher, and Mary Wollstonecraft, a political philosopher and pioneering feminist, Shelley was raised and educated by Godwin following the death of Wollstonecraft shortly after her birth. In 1814, she began her relationship with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she would later marry following the death of his first wife, Harriet. In 1816, the Shelleys, joined by Mary’s stepsister Claire Clairmont, physician and writer John William Polidori, and poet Lord Byron, vacationed at the Villa Diodati near Geneva, Switzerland. They spent the unusually rainy summer writing and sharing stories and poems, and the event is now seen as a landmark moment in Romanticism. During their stay, Shelley composed her novel Frankenstein (1818), Byron continued his work on Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812-1818), and Polidori wrote “The Vampyre” (1819), now recognized as the first modern vampire story to be published in English. In 1818, the Shelleys traveled to Italy, where their two young children died and Mary gave birth to Percy Florence Shelley, the only one of her children to survive into adulthood. Following Percy Bysshe Shelley’s drowning death in 1822, Mary returned to England to raise her son and establish herself as a professional writer. Over the next several decades, she wrote the historical novel Valperga (1923), the dystopian novel The Last Man (1826), and numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction. Recognized as one of the core figures of English Romanticism, Shelley is remembered as a woman whose tragic life and determined individualism enabled her to produce essential works of literature which continue to inform, shape, and inspire the horror and science fiction genres to this day.visualizza meno
Libri di Mary Shelley
Frankenstein: Original 1818 Uncensored Version Frankenstein (1818 version) by Mary Shelley - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5The Last Man Valutazione: 3 su 5 stelle3/5Five Gothic Masterpieces: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Great God Pan, Frankenstein, Carmilla, and Dracula Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5The Gothic Novel Collection Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Frankenstein (Pretty Books - Painted Editions) Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniGothic Classics: 60+ Books in One Volume Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniFrankenstein (1831 version) by Mary Shelley - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniFrankenstein (Annotated) Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioni
Audiolibri di Mary Shelley
Frankenstein Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Frankenstein Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Frankenstein Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Frankenstein Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniFrankenstein Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Frankenstein Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Short Stories about Isolation & Loneliness: In a crowded world we can still be alone and ignored Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioniThe Last Man, Volume 1 (Unabridged) Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle5/5Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus Valutazione: 4 su 5 stelle4/5Frankenstein - Kid Classics: The Classic Edition Reimagined Just-for-Kids! (Kid Classic #2) Valutazione: 0 su 5 stelle0 valutazioni