Frankenstein Paperback - Book

Born in London, on August 30, 1797, as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Mary Shelley was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer and travel writer. Best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (1818), Mary wrote several others including Valperga (1823), a historical novel and the Last Man (1826), a science fiction tale. She also edited and promoted her husband’s poetry, preserving his place in literary history.