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SHELLEY, PERCY AND MARY

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the great poets of the English language. Shelley's second wife, Mary (1796-1851), wrote several novels, including the famous science-fiction story, Frankenstein (1818), the tale of a doctor who created a monster.

Shelley was born in Warnham, England. He was expelled from Oxford University in 1811 for writing a pamphlet against religion. He married Harriet Westbrook that same year, but left her in 1814. In 1816, after Harriet had drowned herself, Shelley married Mary Godwin. Mary was the daughter of the philosopher William Godwin ...

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