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Mary Shelley (1797/08/30 - 1851/02/01) Mary Shelley British writer Works: Frankenstein; The last man... Genre: Science fiction Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft Genre: Science fiction Spouse: Percy Bysshe Shelley Son: Percy Florence Shelley Name: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley He was born on August 30, 1797 in London. Daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. A few days after her birth her mother, who had written Vindication of Women Rights, died of a fever leaving her husband in the care of Mary and her three and a half year old sister Fanny Imlay. Married Godwin later with a widow who already had two daughters with whom the philosopher would light a new scion.
