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32: 98:, which remains widely read and has inspired many theatrical and film adaptations. Recent scholarship has yielded a more comprehensive view of Mary Shelley’s achievements. Scholars have shown increasing interest in her literary output, particularly in her novels, which include the 152:
throughout her life. Mary Shelley's works often argue that cooperation and sympathy, particularly as practised by women in the family, were the ways to reform civil society. This view was a direct challenge to the individualistic
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political theories articulated by her father, William Godwin.
51:; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was a British 59:writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and 8: 139:(1844) and the biographical articles for 87:, and her mother was the philosopher and 157:ethos promoted by Percy Shelley and the 69:Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus 7: 123:(1826), and her final two novels, 28: 30: 1: 137:Rambles in Germany and Italy 201: 49:Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 170:More featured biographies 82:political philosopher 80:. Her father was the 63:, best known for her 78:Percy Bysshe Shelley 145:Cabinet Cyclopaedia 141:Dionysius Lardner's 92:Mary Wollstonecraft 22:Selected biography 188: 187: 100:historical novels 192: 164: 76:and philosopher 34: 200: 199: 195: 194: 193: 191: 190: 189: 184: 173: 35: 26: 25: 24: 18:Portal:Feminism 12: 11: 5: 198: 196: 186: 185: 176: 174: 167: 110:Perkin Warbeck 85:William Godwin 29: 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 197: 183: 182: 181: 175: 172: 171: 166: 165: 162: 160: 159:Enlightenment 156: 151: 147: 146: 142: 138: 134: 133: 128: 127: 122: 121: 116: 112: 111: 106: 105: 101: 97: 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 75: 74:Romantic poet 71: 70: 66: 62: 61:travel writer 58: 54: 50: 47: 46: 41: 40: 33: 23: 19: 178: 177: 168: 143: 136: 130: 124: 120:The Last Man 118: 113:(1830), the 108: 102: 96:Frankenstein 95: 68: 65:Gothic novel 48: 43: 39:Mary Shelley 37: 36: 129:(1835) and 115:apocalyptic 107:(1823) and 57:short story 155:Romantic 104:Valperga 89:feminist 53:novelist 20:‎ | 180:More... 150:radical 132:Falkner 126:Lodore 117:novel 16:< 45:née 55:, 42:(

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Portal:Feminism
Selected biography
Portrait by Richard Rothwell
Mary Shelley
née
novelist
short story
travel writer
Gothic novel
Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus
Romantic poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
political philosopher
William Godwin
feminist
Mary Wollstonecraft
historical novels
Valperga
Perkin Warbeck
apocalyptic
The Last Man
Lodore
Falkner
Dionysius Lardner's
Cabinet Cyclopaedia
radical
Romantic
Enlightenment
More featured biographies
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