Mary Shelley Portrait
By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide
Mary Shelley Portrait
Mary Shelley, 19th century portrait
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Mary Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, is perhaps best known for writing Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus.
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