Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality

Winner of the Prize for Independent Scholars from the Modern Language AssociationNotable Book of the Year from The New York Times

Daughter of pioneer feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and radical philosopher William Godwin, lover and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, author of Frankenstein and creator of the science fiction genre, Mary Shelley has remained a figure both undervalued and enigmatic. In this authoritative, ground—breaking biography, she is finally restored to her rightful stature as one ...