There’s a profound connection between Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) and Mary Shelley (1797 – 1851), author of the 1818 masterpiece Frankenstein.  These two iconic authors were mother and daughter.

The remarkable biography, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon is well worth reading.

Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley were part of one another’s lives for only a few days. The elder Mary died ten days after giving birth to her daughter due to an infection. Yet the space her mother filled in her daughter’s life was much wider. Read More→