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Mary Shelley (Minisode)

from Matilda’s Top Women In History

Mary Shelley was only 19 when she wrote one of the most popular and influential books in the English language - her novel Frankenstein continues to be a bestseller 200 years after its publication. Born the daughter of two famous radical thinkers, she was highly educated and intelligent, although the subject of several blackmail attempts in her later years. Her life was one of sorrow, she lost several children and was widowed young, however she was eventually able to make a living through her writing. This is the story of a woman who was unafraid of the restrictions of Georgian society, and who sacrificed a lot for love and for independence. Seymour, Miranda: Mary ShelleyBrittanica: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Wollstonecraft-ShelleyWikipedia: Mary Shelley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_ShelleyMary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication on the Rights of Women https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/wollstonecraft-mary/1792/vindication-rights-woman/introduction.htmThe Journals of Mary Shelley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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