Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
Autore di Frankenstein
Sull'Autore
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in England on August 30, 1797. Her parents were two celebrated liberal thinkers, William Godwin, a social philosopher, and Mary Wollstonecraft, a women's rights advocate. Eleven days after Mary's birth, her mother died of puerperal fever. Four motherless years mostra altro later, Godwin married Mary Jane Clairmont, bringing her and her two children into the same household with Mary and her half-sister, Fanny. Mary's idolization of her father, his detached and rational treatment of their bond, and her step-mother's preference for her own children created a tense and awkward home. Mary's education and free-thinking were encouraged, so it should not surprise us today that at the age of sixteen she ran off with the brilliant, nineteen-year old and unhappily married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley became her ideal, but their life together was a difficult one. Traumas plagued them: Shelley's wife and Mary's half-sister both committed suicide; Mary and Shelley wed shortly after he was widowed but social disapproval forced them from England; three of their children died in infancy or childhood; and while Shelley was an aristocrat and a genius, he was also moody and had little money. Mary conceived of her magnum opus, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, when she was only nineteen when Lord Byron suggested they tell ghost stories at a house party. The resulting book took over two years to write and can be seen as the brilliant creation of a powerful but tormented mind. The story of Frankenstein has endured nearly two centuries and countless variations because of its timeless exploration of the tension between our quest for knowledge and our thirst for good. Shelley drowned when Mary was only 24, leaving her with an infant and debts. She died from a brain tumor on February 1, 1851 at the age of 54. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
Please don't combine Shelley with Mary Shelley. Yes, some people will have entered books this way, but it more commonly refers to her husband the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, with whom "Shelley" should also not be combined.
(eng) Please don't combine Shelley with Mary Shelley. There is more than one author with that surname.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the author of "Frankenstein". Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the author of "A vindication of the rights of woman" and has a separate author page.
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Frankenstein / The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Townsend Library Edition) (2005) 72 copie
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Best of Gothic Horror: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection, Dr Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (Literate Listener) (2000) 4 copie
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Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 16A: TreeTops Classics: Frankenstein (Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Classics) (2006) 4 copie
Frankenstein I by Mary Shelley - Del Prado Miniature (The Miniature Classics Library) (2003) 4 copie
The Complete Novels of Mary Shelley: Frankenstein, The Last Man, Valperga, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, Lodore &… (2017) 4 copie
Frankenstein II by Mary Shelley - Del Prado Miniature (The Miniature Classics Library) (2003) 4 copie
Frankenstein. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra de la autora, y marco historico. (Spanish Edition) (2013) 3 copie
Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley (Classics of Gothic Horror) (2018) 3 copie
Mary Shelley: Complete Edition With Works Including, Frankenstein, The Last Man, Mathilda And Proserpine & Midas… (2014) 3 copie
The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844: 1814-1822 (Journals of Mary Shelley, July, 1814-1822) (1987) 3 copie
Frankenstein: A play in two acts 3 copie
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Frankenstein I 2 copie
The Last Man Volume II 2 copie
Warlock's Play: 550 Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics: Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre,… (2018) 2 copie
1984 (Signet Classics) 2 copie
Frankenstein [Short Story] 2 copie
On Ghosts 2 copie
2008 1 copia
Classic Starts®: Frankenstein 1 copia
FRANKENSTEIN 2 (QUADRINHOS) 1 copia
The Parvenue 1 copia
O MISTÉRIO DA IMORTALIDADE 1 copia
Great Classic Horror Stories: Frankenstein, the Signalman Carmilla, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the Yellow Wallpaper,… (2018) 1 copia
A Garota Invisível 1 copia
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فرانكنشتاين: برومثيوس العصر 1 copia
Frankestein Glencoe Study Guide 1 copia
Mathilda 1 copia
Frankenstein: Macmillan Reader, Elementary Level (Macmillan Readers) by Mary Shelly (2008-01-02) (1843) 1 copia
John Stamos Adult Coloring Book: Full House Star and Hot Model, Sexy Musician and Producer Inspired Adult Coloring Book… (2018) 1 copia
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley-Volume 1: Including One Novel Frankenstein or the Modern… (2010) 1 copia
A Cold and Stormy Summer: Frankenstein, The Vampyre, and other writings inspired by Geneva, Switzerland in 1816 (2012) 1 copia
Frankenstein (Adapted) 1 copia
FRANKENSTEIN OU PROMETEU MODERNO 1 copia
The Post-Apocalyptic Collection 1 copia
The Victim of Prejudice 1 copia
The Complete Poems 1 copia
Classic Horror Collection 1 copia
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature: With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom Translated From the French… (2015) 1 copia
The Frankenstein Notebooks: A Facsimile Edition of Mary Shelley's Manuscript Novel, 1816-17 (1996) 1 copia
Classic Horror Collection Vol 1: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Jekyll and Hyde... (Golden Deer… (2012) 1 copia
Maary Shelley 1781=1851 bio 1 copia
Shelley, Mary Archive 1 copia
Mary Shelley (10 books): Frankenstein, Mathilda, The Last Man, History of a Six Weeks' Tour... - with AUDIOBOOKS… (2020) 1 copia
Stage 4 - B1: Frankenstein 1 copia
Box Set - The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volumes 1 to 7 (100 authors & 200 stories) (2017) 1 copia
Frankeinstein. Material Auxiliar. Educacion Secundaria (Aula Literària) - 9788431671198 (2009) 1 copia
Frankenstein (Listening Center) 1 copia
Frankenstein, Story Book Grade 4: Steck-Vaughn Short Classics, Student Reader 5pk (Short Classics Set 1) (1991) 1 copia
La véritable histoire de Frankenstein : Collection : Bibliothèque poche rouge cartonnée (1976) 1 copia
Frankenstein (Horror) - Advance 1 copia
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley Volume 2: Including One Novel "The Last Man" and Three… (2010) 1 copia
Frankestein - second level 1 copia
The Brother and Sister 1 copia
Marvel Classics Comics 20 1 copia
A Tale of the Passions 1 copia
Recollections of Italy 1 copia
The Bride of Modern Italy 1 copia
Roger Dodsworth 1 copia
The Sisters of Albano 1 copia
Ferninando Eboli 1 copia
The Swiss Peasant 1 copia
Mary Shelley: The Ultimate Collection (All 7 Novels including Frankenstein, Short Stories, Bonus Audiobook Links &… (2014) 1 copia
The keepsake for 1832 1 copia
Journals of Mary Shelley: Part II: July 1822-1844 (Journals of Mary Shelley, July 1822-1844) (1987) 1 copia
Φρανκεστάϊν 1 copia
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Bedtime Reading: Frankenstein 1 copia
First Flight 1 copia
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The Reanimated Englishman 1 copia
FRANKENSTEIN OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (Illustrated with Scenes From The Universal Photoplay) 1 copia
A Wollstonecraft Anthology 1 copia
Frankenstein (texto bilingüe) 1 copia
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Frankenstein - Textos Bilingues 1 copia
Frankenstein by John Grant 1 copia
Spinebreakers Frankenstein 1 copia
Frankenstein - eBook 1 copia
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The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies, (1967) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
Ladies of Horror: Two Centuries of Supernatural Stories by the Gentle Sex (1971) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
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The Origins of Science Fiction (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) (2022) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
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The Frankenstein Monster [1973] #4 — Collaboratore — 5 copie
The Frankenstein Monster [1973] #3 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
The Frankenstein Monster [1973] #2 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Weird Tales Volume 20 Number 6, December 1932 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Weird Tales Volume 20 Number 5, November 1932 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
The Queen’s Story Book — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Weird Tales Volume 20 Number 4, October 1932 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
The princess's story book — Collaboratore — 1 copia
The King's Story Book — Collaboratore — 1 copia
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Godwin Wollstonecraft, Mary
- Altri nomi
- Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft (birth name)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft - Data di nascita
- 1797-08-30
- Data di morte
- 1851-02-01
- Luogo di sepoltura
- St. Peter's Churchyard, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Inghilterra
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Somers Town, Londra, Inghilterra
- Luogo di morte
- Londra, Inghilterra
- Causa della morte
- brain tumour
- Luogo di residenza
- Londra, Inghilterra
Scozia
Livorno, Italia
Napoli, Italia
Roma, Italia
Firenze, Italia (mostra tutto 12)
Pisa, Italia
San Terenzo Lerici, Italia
Genova, Italia
Harrow, Inghilterra
Parigi, Francia
Nizza, Francia - Istruzione
- College a Ramsgate
- Attività lavorative
- scrittrice
saggista e biografa - Relazioni
- Godwin, William (padre)
Wollstonecraft, Mary (madre)
Godwin Imlay, Fanny (sorellastra)
Clairmont, Mary Jane (matrigna)
Gaulin, Charles (fratellastro)
Clairmont, Claire (sorellastra) (mostra tutto 13)
Godwin, William (fratellastro)
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (marito)
Shelley, William (figlio)
Shelley, Clara Everina (figlia)
Shelley, Percy Florence (figlio)
Shelley, Timothy (suocero)
St.John, Jane (nuora) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- SF Hall Of Fame (Posthumous Inductee, 2004)
- Breve biografia
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in London, the daughter of two major English intellectuals and writers, Mary Wollstonecraft and her husband William Godwin. She fell in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley, a married man and father, and scandalized society by eloping with him in 1814. Two years later, they were married and in 1818, she published her most famous work, her first novel: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. She also wrote several other novels, including Valperga (1823) and The Last Man (1826), as well as numerous novellas, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and articles for periodicals of the day, travel books, and a biography of her husband. At the time of Shelley's death in 1822, she was regarded as a major novelist married to a minor poet, but she spent 30 years promoting his work to help him achieve lasting fame.
- Nota di disambiguazione
- Please don't combine Shelley with Mary Shelley. Yes, some people will have entered books this way, but it more commonly refers to her husband the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, with whom "Shelley" should also not be combined.
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Simbologia e interpretazioni a parte, mi è sempre sembrato strano e ingiusto che Frankenstein non solo rifiutasse la sua Creatura, ma addirittura la abbandonasse a se stessa nella speranza che gli facesse il favore di morire. Messa così, il comportamento della Creatura diventa più comprensibile, sebbene non giustificabile. Sarà per questo che con il tempo il nome Frankenstein è andato a designare la Creatura più che l'artefice nell'immaginario popolare.… (altro)