Mary Shelley and Her Legacy
Who Was Mary Shelley? In 1797, Mary Shelley was born on a cool, autumn afternoon in London. She is best known as the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818), even though she penned many a novel in her day. Other well-known works by Shelley include Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), amongst others. …