The wife of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley was a notable English novelist, best known for writing the novel Frankenstein. - AsNotedIn
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| 1797/08/30 | Mary Wollstonecraft, wife of William Godwin, gives birth to a daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, in Somers Town, London. | Born | Somers Town, London | ||||
| 1814/05/00 | Percy Shelley courts Mary Godwin. The couple read the works of her parents while resting on Mary Wollstonecraft's grave at St Pancras. "Go to the tomb and read." - MWS | Bride | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (book) | Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin, St Pancras Old Church Gardens | Old Church Of St Pancras | Marriage of Mary Wollstonecraft and Percy Bysshe Shelley | |
| 1814/07/28 | Accompanied by Claire Clairmont, Mary W Godwin and Percy Shelley elope to France. William Godwin refuses any communication with his daughter for the next two and a half years. | Bride | Marriage of Mary Wollstonecraft and Percy Bysshe Shelley | ||||
| 1816/06/16 | Mary Wollstonecraft begins writing Frankenstein as part of a ghost story competition at Lord Byron's residence in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. | Author | Frankenstein (book) | Villa Diodati | Cologny | ||
| 1816/07/23 | Madame Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin registers at the Hotel de Villes de Londres (lost), Chamonix with Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont. | Visitor | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, FR | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes | |||
| 1816/12/30 | Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin marries Percy Bysshe Shelley at St Mildred's Church, Bread Street, London (lost). Mary's father, William Godwin, and her step-mother Mary Godwin, Leigh Hunt and his wife Marianne attend the small and informal ceremony. | Bride | Marriage of Mary Wollstonecraft and Percy Bysshe Shelley | ||||
| 1817/05/14 | Mary Shelley completes her novel "Frankenstein". | Author | Frankenstein (book) | ||||
| 1818/01/01 | With a preface written by Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is published anonymously by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones. | Author | Frankenstein (book) | ||||
| 1823/08/11 | The 2nd edition of "Frankenstein" is published in 2 volumes and credits Mary Shelley as author. | Author | Frankenstein (book) | ||||
| 1828/04/11 | Mary Shelley visits Isabel Robinson and Mary Diana Dods 'Douglas' in Paris. Shelley will catch smallpox soon after her arrival. | Guest | |||||
| 1828/05/00 | In Paris, Mary Shelley meets novelist Prosper Merimee, General Lafayette and others through Harriet and Julia Garnett's circle of friends. | Guest | Marquis Faubourg Saint Honore | Paris | |||
| 1828/05/26 | Mary Shelley returns to England where she recoveres from her bought with smallpox in Dover and Hastings through July. | Health | |||||
| 1831/10/31 | The 3rd edition of "Frankenstein" is published in 1 volume, heavily revised and with a new, longer preface written by Mary Shelley. | Author | Frankenstein (book) | ||||
| 1851/02/01 | Mary Shelley dies at 24 Chester Square in London, of what her physician suspects to be a brain tumor. | Died | Shelley Terrace, Chester Square | London | |||
| 1851/02/08 | Mary Shelley's mortal remains are laid to rest between her parents at St Peter's Church in Bournemouth, England. | In Memoriam | Church Of St Peter | Bournemouth |
1 Creative Work by Mary Shelley »
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| Frankenstein (book) | Author | Novel | 1818/01/01 |
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