Mrs. Shelley

by Lucy Madox Rossetti

29 chapters6h 43mEnglish1890

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"I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving and truthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs.Shelley." -Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti Mrs. Shelley is a biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, author of Frankenstein and other works, wife of Percy Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin who penned The Vindication of the Rights of Women, and daughter of William Godwin, a philosopher and novelist. The life of this woman, who at nineteen wrote a story that has become a part of everyday culture, is its own story to tell. The author Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti was the daughter of the artist Ford Madox Brown and the wife of William Michael Rossetti of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. (Summary by A.L. Gramour)

1Chapter I: PARENTAGE—Part 1

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2Chapter I: PARENTAGE—Part 2

1209

3Chapter II: GIRLHOOD OF MARY--PATERNAL TROUBLES—Part 1

712

4II: GIRLHOOD OF MARY--PATERNAL TROUBLES__Part 2

656

5Chapter III: SHELLEY—Part 1

575

6Chapter III: SHELLEY—Part 2

860

7Chapter III: SHELLEY—Part 3

937

8Chapter IV: MARY AND SHELLEY—Part 1

879

9Chapter IV: MARY AND SHELLEY—Part 2

548

10Chapter V: LIFE IN ENGLAND

1130

11Chapter VI: DEATH OF SHELLEY'S GRANDFATHER, AND BIRTH OF A CHILD—Part 1

889

12VI: DEATH OF SHELLEY'S GRANDFATHER, AND BIRTH OF A CHILD—Part 2

761

13Chapter VII: "FRANKENSTEIN."

1140

14Chapter VIII: RETURN TO ENGLAND—Part 1

611

15Chapter VIII: RETURN TO ENGLAND—Part 2

776

16Chapter IX: LIFE IN ITALY—Part 1

593

17Chapter IX: LIFE IN ITALY—Part 2

625

18Chapter X: MARY'S DESPONDENCY AND BIRTH OF A SON

345

19Chapter XI: GODWIN AND "VALPERGA."

1167

20Chapter XII: LAST MONTHS WITH SHELLEY —Part 1

898

21Chapter XII: LAST MONTHS WITH SHELLEY —Part 2

1000

22Chapter XIII: WIDOWHOOD

1266

23Chapter XIV: LITERARY WORK —Part 1

992

24Chapter XIV: LITERARY WORK —Part 2

908

25Chapter XV: LATER WORKS

962

26Chapter XVI: ITALY REVISITED —Part 1

864

27Chapter XVI: ITALY REVISITED —Part 2

834

28Chapter XVII: LAST YEARS

743

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