Mary Shelley

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Mary Shelley born?August 30, 1797
2. When did Mary Shelley die?February 1, 1851 (age 53)
3. Where was Mary Shelley born?London, England
4. What is the career?Novelist, short story writer, essayist, biographer, editor
5. Who was Mary Shelley?Mary Shelley was an English writer who created the famous story Frankenstein and wrote many other books that still interest readers today.
6. How did Mary Shelley come up with the idea for Frankenstein?During a rainy summer in 1816 near Geneva, she and her friends, including Lord Byron, played a ghost story game, and she wrote the story that became Frankenstein.

Gothic literature: A literary genre characterized by elements of horror, mystery, romance, and the supernatural, often set in desolate or ancient locations.
Proto-science fiction: Literary works that predate the formal establishment of science fiction but contain elements that would later define the genre.
Romanticism: An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement emphasizing emotion, individualism, imagination, and the glorification of the past and nature.
Enlightenment political theories: Philosophical ideas from the 18th century emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism towards traditional authority and institutions.