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Mary Shelley authorship of the novel Frank Einsteinguaranteed her wide-spread Ren own，but her turbulent lifeand other literary works are equally fascinating. Born in 1797 to the writersMary Wall stone craft and William God win. She in her item her parents passion forliterature，social justice，and women’s rights. At the age of just sixteen she ran away with( Romanticpoet Percy Byes she Shelled)，and was widowed by twenty-four. During their eight years together（living mainlyin Italy），she was estranged from her family and sometimes from her husband，suffered periodsof depression，and saw three of their four children deveining fancy. Despite her troubles，Mary Shelleymain-trained busy social life，including a complicated friendship with the poet ,ord Byron. She alsowrote journals，short stories，mythical dramas，and several novels，including Frankenstein. After her husband’s death in 1822 she returnedto England with her surviving son. She continued to write，both in orderto earn a living and to satisfy her literary ambitions. She also produced majoredition soft" her husband’s poetry and prose. Martin Garrett Seng aging biography-extensivelyillustrated with original letter sand manuscripts- captures the extraordinary lifeof Mary Shelley and the social circle in which she moved. The author also discussessome of Mary Shelley’s lesser-known writings，long neglected but nowthe subject of continuing critical attention.

《英國作家生平叢書》由外教社從英國大英圖書館出版社引進出版。叢書以圖文並茂的形式講述莎士比亞等14位英國著名作家的生平故事，同時穿插介紹他們的作品，有助於充實讀者對英國文學的認識。叢書的作者均為專業領域裏有着較深造詣的學者，對史料的掌握系統全面，他們用生動的語言娓娓講述作家生平事蹟，點評具體文學作品，書末還附有供讀者進一步閲讀的書單，推薦了有代表性的文獻，對英語專業學生撰寫課程論文或畢業論文很有幫助。叢書內容風趣，插圖精美，文字簡潔，兼顧普及性和專業性，是學習和了解英國文學的良師益友。脈絡清晰、視野廣闊、趣味盎然，內容豐富、資料翔實、圖文並茂、語言流暢、通俗易懂，是一部優秀的人物傳記作品，高校英語專業本科生、研究生以及文學愛好者都能從中獲得啓迪和教益。 ^[2] 

作者：(英國)蓋瑞特(Garrett.M.)

Martin Garrett has written extensively on both nineteenth-century and Renais-sanceliterature.His recent books include two titles in The British Library Writers' Lives series-George Gordon.Lord Byron（2000）and Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning（2001）-and Venic: A Cultural and Literary Companion（SignalBooks,2001）.He is also the author of A Mary Shelley.Chronology.（Palgrave Macmillan.2001）.

Mary Godwin: 'bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind'

'The irresistible wildness and sublimity of her feelings', 1814

London and 'enshadowing thickets', 1814——1816

Switzerland and 'the component parts of a creature', 1816

Bath, Marlow and London, 1816-1818

'Sorrow's most obscure abode':Italy, 1818-1819

Pisa, San Terenzo and Genoa, 1820-1823

Presumption and The Last Man,1823-1826

'The genuine affections of the heart', 1826-1840

Rambles and 'Unreserved directness', 1840-1851

Chronology

Further Reading

Index