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Mary spent some time at a dame school. However Mary was mainly educated at home. She was a highly intelligent woman and she studied history, literature and the Bible. Mary learned Latin, French and Italian and Greek.
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Mary Shelley was born on 30 August 1797 in Somerstown in London.
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Mary met Percy Bysshe Shelley for the first time. In 1814 she began a relationship with him
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Mary gave birth to a son named William and Mary, Percy and their son traveled to Lake Geneva. While there Mary was inspired to write the novel Frankenstein.
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Mary Shelley´s Masterpiece was published.
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Tragedy struck again on Mary´s life. Percy Shelley drowned and after his death, Mary Shelley returned to England and she continued writing.
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The Last Man novel was set in the 21st century when a plague decimated the population.
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It was about the pretender to the throne who lived at the time of Henry VII.
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Mary Shelley died when she was only 53. Mary was buried in Bournemouth.
