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Mary Shelley

Villa Diodati Study · Cologny, near Lake Geneva, Switzerland

English novelist who wrote Frankenstein at age 18, daughter of feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and philosopher William Godwin.

Author of Frankenstein · Pioneer of science fiction · Gothic novelist 1816–1851 English 1797–1851

The Villa Diodati Circle

1812-1816

The Romantic poets and Gothic masters who shaped Mary's literary imagination during her formative years and the legendary summer of 1816.

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Gothic Foundations

1764-1809

The pioneering Gothic novels that provided Mary with the atmospheric techniques and supernatural frameworks for her own dark fiction.

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Philosophical Inheritance

The radical political and educational philosophies that Mary absorbed from her parents and intellectual circle, shaping her worldview.

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Models of Character and Pursuit

Classical and contemporary works that shaped Mary's understanding of heroism, virtue, and the psychological dynamics of obsession.

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Books About

Biographies, critical studies, and retrospectives.

Movements

Romanticism

Connections

John Milton influenced by

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John Milton 1 shared book

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