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Mary Shelley
It's spooky season, so for our seventh series we'll be covering the original mistress of the macabre, and author of the seminal classic Frankenstein: Mary Shelley! Daughter to a classical anarchist father, and staunch feminist mother who was labelled "the first of a new genius", Mary Shelley was surrounded by great minds from an early age. Famously, while on a summer holiday with her husband, Percy Shelley, and the legendary romantic poet, Lord Byron, Mary would write one of the most well-respected, prolific novels the world has ever known. Inspired by politics, philosophy, ever-changing social norms, and "mad" scientists of the day, at just 19 years old, Mary Shelley would become the first ever science fiction writer with her groundbreaking novel Frankenstein. Though this would be her primary claim to fame, there is so much more to the life of this brilliant, yet enigmatic author, whose proto goth-girl persona went far beyond her writings. The effects of her work can still be felt in modern times throughout the genres of horror and science fiction, and even in pop culture with films like Young Frankenstein and Poor Things, and TV shows like The Munsters and The Addams Family. Join The Biographers as we journey into the life of our creepiest subject yet!