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| − | '''Mary Shelley''' (née Godwin) (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851), | + | '''Mary Shelley''' (née Godwin) (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851), daughter of [[William Godwin]] and [[Mary Wollstonecraft]] and wife of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], was a British writer. She is best known for her novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'', which marked the beginning of two entire genres of fiction, horror and [[science fiction]]. Shelley authored the classic novel when she was nineteen years old. |
She also authored the little known ''Nights Breeze'' which was published posthumously in 1856. It was much less of a science fiction novel than ''Frankenstein'', but it had a similar theme: the evils that result when scientists ignore moral considerations in their experiments. | She also authored the little known ''Nights Breeze'' which was published posthumously in 1856. It was much less of a science fiction novel than ''Frankenstein'', but it had a similar theme: the evils that result when scientists ignore moral considerations in their experiments. | ||
Revision as of 16:32, July 20, 2010
Mary Shelley (née Godwin) (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851), daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, was a British writer. She is best known for her novel Frankenstein, which marked the beginning of two entire genres of fiction, horror and science fiction. Shelley authored the classic novel when she was nineteen years old.
She also authored the little known Nights Breeze which was published posthumously in 1856. It was much less of a science fiction novel than Frankenstein, but it had a similar theme: the evils that result when scientists ignore moral considerations in their experiments.