1. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The author of books Specializing in Gothic Novels and poems The author of books Specializing in Gothic Novels and poems

2. An Auspicious Beginning  Mother: Mary Wollstonecraft  Father: William Godwin 

3. The Dawning of a Prodigy Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on Aug. 30, 1797 in London. Mary Wollstonecraft then died 10 days later, from child birth

4. A child tainted forever  Father remarried to Mary Jane Clairmont  Her step mom was very cruel, resulting in more abstractly dark ideas  She got educated from her father’s circle of friends

5. A teen on the escape h Met husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, in 1813 when she was 16 h Ran to Switzerland and France with him h Daughter born, then died shortly in 1815 h Son then born in 1816, lived till 3 h Met husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, in 1813 when she was 16 h Ran to Switzerland and France with him h Daughter born, then died shortly in 1815 h Son then born in 1816, lived till 3

6. The humble antecedent of a phenomenon Lord Byron challenged her to write a ghost story Wrote Frankenstein in 1816 Also married Percy Bysshe Shelley on Dec. 30. 1816

7. Supernova h No other story get as much commercial success as Frankenstein h Later took an interest in college with dead frog’s muscles twitching h She died at age 54, a vegetarian to the end h No other story get as much commercial success as Frankenstein h Later took an interest in college with dead frog’s muscles twitching h She died at age 54, a vegetarian to the end

8. Almost Exceedingly Enlightening Sources http://www.online- literature.com/shelley_mary/ http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mshelley.htm bodley.ox.ac.uk eric.b.olsen.tripod.com commons.wikimedia.org