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• Works by Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin


  • "A Vindication of the Rights of Men" (1790)
  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
  • Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman (novel) (1798)
  • An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793—revised version 1798)
  • Things As They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams (1794)
  • Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1798)
• Johnson Circle


  Radical publisher who assembled most of the radical intellectuals and brought them together, both by issuing their work and by organising dinners at his house
• Members of the Johnson Circle

  • Thomas Paine
  • Thomas Holcroft
  • Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Swiss painter Henry Fuseli
• Focus of the Johnson Circle dinners

  Revolutionary politics—not necessarily how to create an English Revolution, but how to adapt the ideals of the French Revolution without resorting to the violence it unleashed
• Other works from the period

  • Helen Maria Williams: Letters Written in France (1790)
  • Thomas Paine: The Rights of Man (1791)
  • Charlotte Smith, Desmond (1792)
  • William Blake, America a Prophecy (1793); Europe a Prophecy (1794)
  • Robert Bage, Hermsprong (1796)
  • Mary Robinson, Walsingham (1797)
  • Elizabeth Plumptre, Something New (1800)
• Works by Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem (1813)
  • "Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude" (1815)
  • Prometheus Unbound (1818-1820)
• Shelley family members


  • Fanny Imlay (1791-1816)
  • George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)
  • Claire Clairmont (1798-1879)
  • Edward Trelawney (1792-1881)
  • Dr John Polidori (1795-1821)
  • Harriet Westbrook (1795-1816)
• PBS expelled from Oxford for "Necessity of Atheism", elopes with 16-year-old Harriet Westbrook, marries her 29 Aug


  1811
• Ianthe Shelley born


  1813
• 1814


  1. PBS travels to London to meet Godwin; arranges to pay some of WG's debts from Juvenile Library scheme; becomes attached to Mary Godwin

  2. Harriet Shelley pregnant with second child

  3. 28 Jul: PBS and MWG along with CC travel to France and Switzerland—plan is to stay for six months, but PBS runs out of money—they return to England by 13 Sep

  4. Sep-Dec: PBS and MWS in London, PBS hiding from creditors and trying to borrow money against his inheritance

  5. Nov: Charles Shelley born. MWG now pregnant with PBS's child
• • Jan: William Shelley born to PBS and MWG
  • May-Aug: Tour to Switzerland and Italy with CC; coldest summer on record in Europe. Meet Byron in Geneva at Villa Diodati—Byron proposes ghost story contest that was to be the basis of Frankenstein. MWG works on F. throughout 1816-17, finishes first draft
  • 23-26 July: MWS and PBS visit Chamounix. First mentions working on her "story" 24 July. Visits Mer de Glace 25 July, which she describes as "the most desolate place in the world."
  • Aug: PBS and MWG return to England
  • Nov: Harriet Shelley commits suicide; PBS and MWG married Dec

  1816
• 1817


  1. Apr: MWS gives MS of F. to PBS for revisions—PBS adds/changes about 5,000 words and makes suggestions about developing some aspects of the story. Final draft of F. (two notebooks) almost a collaboration between MWS and PBS, though the main details are MWS's. MWS notes "transcribing" and "correcting" F. in her journal for April. Final draft finished by May

  2. Sept: Clara Shelley born. MWS negotiates a publishing deal with Lackingtonfor F.
• Jan: F. published (MWS receives bound copies late Dec 1817)

  1818

  
• July: PBS dies in a boating accident off the coast of Lerici. He is cremated on the beach by his friends. MWS returns to England with their children, and continues her career as a novelist

  1822
• Frankenstein was an immediate success, with stage versions appearing shortly after publication
• These plays became the basis of 20th-century film versions, and established the more familiar mute, malevolent Creature
• In 1831, MWS was invited to republish F. in a reprint series—she took the opportunity to revise it significantly. The book also featured the first illustration of the Creature

  
• "The Witch's Cave" by Mary Shelley
• William Godwin was an English philosopher who advocated for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment.
• Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, to William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft.
• “I am thy creature” - Frankenstein’s monster
• Mary Shelley married Percy Bysshe Shelley when she was only sixteen years old.
• “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.” - Victor Frankenstein
• Shelley grew up in a household where she was encouraged to read widely and think critically about social issues.
• Godwin believed that all human beings were equal and had the right to live free from oppression or tyranny.
• Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein at the age of eighteen while staying in Switzerland during the summer of 1816.
• Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English Romantic poet known for his radical political views and support for social reform.
• “My limbs were nearly formed… my joints were moved by an impulse from within.” - Frankenstein’s Monster
• At age 16, Shelley eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley, a poet known for his radical political views.
• Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley about Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates life through science and experiments with electricity.
• Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a response to her own experiences with death and loss, including the deaths of her mother and husband.
• Victor Frankenstein is the main character of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
• Percy Bysshe Shelley was a poet known for his radical political views and support for social reform.
• Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a response to her husband's death at sea.
• Frankenstein is considered one of the earliest examples of science fiction literature.
• Frankenstein is considered one of the first science fiction novels ever written.
• Shelley wrote Frankenstein at the age of eighteen while staying with Lord Byron in Switzerland during the summer of 1816.
• Percy Bysshe Shelley was a prominent poet and political activist during the Romantic era.
• Frankenstein's monster is created through scientific experimentation and is initially seen as a masterpiece by its creator.
• The novel explores themes such as ambition, responsibility, and the consequences of playing god.