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She was born in London. Her parents were William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother, Mary, was the first known feminist, and her father, William, was a radical writer and philosopher.
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When Mary was only 19 days old her mother died of purple fever.
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Mary meets Percy, who is an admirer of her father. Percy was married to Harriet, and they had a child and a half together.
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Mary, Percy and Mary's half sister run away to Switzerland to be free.
Here Mary gets pregnant and gives birth, but sadly the baby dies. -
Their second child, William, is born and survives.
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The challenge about writing a horror novel comes up. This is where it all starts with the Frankenstein story.
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This year Mary's bigger half sister dies, and little later in 1817 her daughter Clara dies.
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Now the book is very succesfull, despite all of Mary's unhappiness.
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Her three year old son, William, dies of Malaria. This totally breaks her, because William was everybody's darling.
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In 1821 Mary was pregnant with her fifth child.
Sadly Percy Shelley dies in a boat accident, and Mary is all alone and crushed. She takes care of Percy's two other children, who he had with Harriet, who killed herself.
Percy was 29 years old. -
Mary dies. She is 53 years old.
