Frankenstein Notes
Frankenstein A novel by Mary Shelley Notes About the author: Daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist and William Godwin, the novelist. Biography: Mary Shelley was born in 1797 in London. Her mother died 10 days after giving birth to her. She is considered to be one of the first feminists stating that woman should not lower themselves to please their husbands or lovers. Her father William Godwin was a writer and political journalist who had a revolutionary attitude towards social institutions. Young Adult: She met her future husband Percy Bysshe Shelley (who was a married man) when she was 16. After her father forbade her to see him, they both ran away to France in 1814.