Mary Shelley was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in Somers Town, London, in 1797. She was the second child of the feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the …

Jan 2, 2026 · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English Romantic novelist who is best known as the author of Frankenstein, a Gothic horror novel that is considered to be an early example …

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, was the only daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Their high expectations of her future are, perhaps, indicated …

She is the only child of feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft (who dies 10 days after her birth) and the radical political philosopher William Godwin. A new step-family: William Godwin marries a …

Before her marriage to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite the fact that she had grown up without ever knowing her birth mother Mary always referred to herself as "Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin."

Oct 16, 2025 · Of the many Godwin children, young Mary was the apple of her father’s eye. “She was sweet, beautiful, and absolutely brilliant,” says biographer Charlotte Gordon, author of …

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley entered a world in the throes of change. She was born in 1797, eight years after the storming of the Bastille initiated the French Revolution, which …

The Shelley-Godwin Archive will provide the digitized manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, bringing together online for …

When not known as the wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, she is recognized as the daughter of the celebrated radical writer Mary Wollstonecraft and the equally well-known novelist and …

Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, a famed feminist sadly died of puerperal fever 10 days after giving birth to her daughter. Her father, William Godwin, was a philosopher and political journalist.