Mary Shelley Bio

Why do you think Frankenstein remains a very popular novel over two hundred years after it was written?

How was Mary Shelley impacted by the death of Percy Shelley?

Why didn’t Mary Shelley receive enough credit, at first, for Frankenstein?

What happened in July 1814?

Who strongly influenced Mary’s writing?

What would Mary spend each morning doing?

During what circumstances was Frankenstein written?

Who educated Mary at home?

Where was Mary’s imagination nurtured?

Explain why Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein had a subtitle of Or The Modern Prometheus?

Who were Mary Shelley’s parents?

What happened to Mary Shelley’s daughters?

How might Mary Shelley’s early life and upbringing have encouraged her to become a writer?