Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Tales and Stories by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.Passion. Danger. Imposture. Shipwreck. Alchemy. Transformation. This is the material from Mary Shelley's richly romantic stories. In contrast to the various settings of medieval chivalry, the wars and revolutions of his time, and the great scenes of nature, his tales mark a highlight in the art of Gothic storytelling. Maria Godwin: (married Mary Shelley; London, August 30, 1797-ibid, February 1, 1851) was a British storyteller, playwright, essayist, and biographer best known for being the author of the Gothic novel Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus (1818), considered the first science fiction work in history. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the poet and romantic philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. His father was the political philosopher William Godwin and his mother the philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft.Mary Godwin began a romantic relationship with one of her father's political followers, Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was already married in 1814. The two, along with Mary's stepsister, Claire Clairmont, lived in France and traveled in Europe; On her return to England Mary was pregnant, and for the next two years she and Percy faced social ostracism, constant debt, and the misfortune of the death of their prematurely born daughter.
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