ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When & where was Mary Shelley born?
A
August 30, 1979 (Summers Town, London)
B
February 1, 1797 (Somers Town, London)
C
August 30, 1797 (Somers Town, London)
D
August 13, 1700 (Chester Square, London)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Born in London, at the Polygon building in Somers Town. Parents: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, Eleven days after her birth her mother died.

Detailed explanation-2: -She also felt ostracised by those who, like Sir Timothy, still disapproved of her relationship with Percy Bysshe Shelley. In the summer of 1824, Mary Shelley moved to Kentish Town in north London to be near Jane Williams.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is best known for her novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Shelley was born on August 30th, 1797 in London. Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, a famed feminist sadly died of puerperal fever 10 days after giving birth to her daughter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, (born August 30, 1797, London, England-died February 1, 1851, London), English Romantic novelist best known as the author of Frankenstein.

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