When Percy Shelley ran off to be with Mary, he left behind a young child and his wife Harriet, who was pregnant with their second child. Harriet Shelley was distressed by her husband’s affair ...

Mary Shelley Created ‘Frankenstein,’ and Then a Pandemic Her novel ‘The Last Man’ predicted the political causes of and collective solutions for global plague. March 13, 2020 ...

Mary Shelley, often overlooked in sci-fi history, was the first-ever science fiction writer. Inspired by cutting-edge debates on life and electricity, her novel asked questions we still grapple ...

Even considering Mary Shelley’s extraordinary education, though, there is something that does not quite fit together in this origin theory. As Miranda Seymour, author of a recent biography, has ...

Eventually, Mary returns home, but Shelley follows soon thereafter, and the two quickly fall in love — even though he’s already married with a child on the way.

Mary Shelley, a new play by Helen Edmundson, opened in Leeds on March 16 and, after a national tour, is now running at the Tricycle Theatre in London until July 7.It is a joint production of ...

They were up to more than just that because soon Shelley was pregnant with her first child. Mary ran away with Percy. When Frankenstein was published it contained a preface by Percy Shelley, ...

In theory, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was meant to fit snugly beside those efforts and other trendy lunges toward literary prestige in the industry.In fact, after Coppola elected to not direct ...