FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MARY SHELLEY
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Mathilda
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Frankenstein
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Lodore
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The last man
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mary Shelley’s best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831), a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel; it is also often considered an early example of science fiction.
Detailed explanation-2: -Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is published. The book, by 20-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world’s first science fiction novel. In Shelley’s tale, a scientist animates a creature constructed from dismembered corpses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to enrolling for University College, Oxford in October 1810, Shelley completed Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire (written with his sister Elizabeth), the verse melodrama The Wandering Jew and the gothic novel St. Irvine; or, The Rosicrucian: A Romance (published 1811).
Detailed explanation-4: -A voracious reader, Mary borrowed books from her father’s extensive library. She enjoyed writing at a young age, and her passion was to write stories intended for a very limited audience.
Detailed explanation-5: -Although Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel has never won any awards, it did help to garner an award for Mary Shelley. She was named to the ‘Science Fiction Hall of Fame’ in 2004 as a result of her authorship of the novel, considered to be the first science fiction book ever written.