Born in August of 1797 to William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft during the era of Industry, feminism, and literature, Mary Shelley grew up living a sad childhood in Somers Town just north of London. Her mother, Mary, was a famed feminist well known for her book The Vindication of the Right’s of Woman written in 1792. Her father, William, was a philosopher and political writer. Mary, shortly after her birth, lost her mother due to illness. In 1812 Mary left for Scotland to pursue her studies, two years later she developed a relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley; they stayed together until her death 1851. Surrounded by intellectuals, Shelley had the utmost highest of educations. Throughout her early life she went to a regular public grade school and high school until college. Like the majority of European schoolgirls of her life, Shelley studied primary English during her early years, and then shifted toward much more complicated characteristics of calligraphy and narrative. The entirety of her school work was …show more content…
finished in complex forms of the english language, and education styles depend mostly on cognizance. Even with the difficult studies, Shelley prospered in her scholastic universe, creating the basics that would frame her writing technique. Her father attained much connections from high officials in the Parliament and connection throughout England’s prestigious colleges and so Shelley was quickly accepted into Oxford University.
Shelley, enjoyed writing horror and gothic stories destined to frighten the readers when they go to bed at night.
Although she only wrote seven novels, she also wrote two travel narratives, twenty three short stories, three children literature, and many articles; however her most impactful and frightening work was Frankenstein also know as The Modern Prometheus. Although her stories were popular in her day, she did not receive the official literary credit she deserved. In the course of Shelley’s time there no awards were given out to splendid writing, so her works never received the praise it deserved. However, nowadays, her works have been held in the capital reverence, accepting hundreds of awards as they continue to be one of the most popularly read in High schools, Colleges, and Universities. Shelley’s horror and gothic stories are internationally renowned as an impressive and important feature of Gothic literary
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