Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Libros y biografía

In "Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley delves into the complexities of her husband'Äôs poetry, offering insightful commentary that enriches the...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "History of a Six Weeks' Tour" is an evocative travel narrative that intertwines personal reflection with broader social commentary. Written in the early 19th century, this...

In "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley crafts a timeless tale that delves into the profound themes of creation, responsibility, and the quest for knowledge. Composed...

In "Notes to the Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley presents a profound exploration of her late husband's poetic legacy. This critical work combines scholarly...

In "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley intricately weaves a narrative that explores the profound consequences of unbridled ambition and the quest for knowledge. Set...

In "Tales and Stories," Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley deftly weaves a collection of narrative threads that showcase her remarkable prowess in blending gothic elements with moral inquiry. The stories traverse...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel 'The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck' tells the tale of a pretender to the English throne during the tumultuous years of the War of the Roses. Written in Shelley's trademark...

Few creatures of horror have seized readers' imaginations and held them for so long as the anguished monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Victor Frankenstein's terrible creation and the...

Frankenstein oder Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus (Original: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus) ist ein Roman von Mary Shelley, der 1818 erstmals anonym veröffentlicht wurde. Er erzählt die...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley that tells the story of a young science student Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque...

The Hours have oped the palace of the dawn And through the Eastern gates of Heaven, Aurora Comes charioted on light, her wind-swift steeds, Winged with roseate clouds, strain up the steep. She loosely...

Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, was completed by Mary Shelley at the age of 19. She infused this original novel with Gothic and Romantic elements. Scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a large...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by Mary Shelley and first published in 1818. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque creature in...

The Pilgrims tells the story of an hermit knight who gives shelter to two pilgrims. He begins to tell them about his dramatic and tragic life, when he suddenly perceives, that these pilgrims are not what...

Valperga, published in 1823, the year after Percy Bysshe Shelley's death is a romance of the 14th century in Italy, during the height of the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, when each...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment....

Mary in her novel of Lodore, published in 1835, gave a version of the differences between Harriet and Shelley. Though Lord Lodore is more an impersonation of Mary's idea of Lord Byron than of Shelley,...

Told as a story within a story, "Ferdinando Eboli" is set in Naples, Italy. The unnamed narrator describes himself as living in a peaceful era void of all thrilling wars such as the Napoleonic wars. The...

"Euphrasia" is set in England at Christmastime in 1836. Four friends are traveling from Brighton to Lewes by horse and carriage. There is a snowstorm of historical proportion, and the party is stalled...

This highly imaginative work of Mary Shelley's twenty-sixth year contains some of the author's most powerful ideas ; but is marred in the commencement by some of her most stilted writing. The account...

One of Shelley's stories that show her love for Italy, Italian history, bloodlines and politics. The main plot concentrates on a family rivalry in Siena. The Mancinis and the Tolomeis are fierce opponents,...

"The Parvenue" is told in first person by a narrator named Fanny. She begins by explaining that she has been so bewildered by the events she is about to retell that she leaves it to the reader to judge...

The Sisters of Albano is an Italian romance. As with all of Shelley's writings the biographical element is deeply interwoven. The story itself deals with class and gender issues in her time.

In this novel, Mrs. Shelley sets out with the somewhat startling statement of her firm belief that Perkin Warbeck was in reality the lost Duke of York. She is of opinion, that it is impossible for anyone...

Falkner, published in 1837, is the last novel by Mary Shelley;and as we see from her letter she had been passing through a period of ill-health and depression while writing it, this may account for less...

A gothic short story about a girl, whose portrait was found in an old, ruined tower. An old lady narrates then the story of Rosina, an orphan, who was thrown out of the house when Sir Peter discovered,...

The story begins on July 16, 1833, the apparent three hundred and twenty-third birthday of the narrator, Winzy, the self-styled "mortal immortal". Winzy recounts the series of events that lead him to...

In thirteenth-century Florence, Italy, the pro-Papacy Guelphs have re-established supremacy and expelled the pro-imperial Ghibellines following the death of the Ghibelline Manfred, King of Sicily. The...

"The Transformation" starts with the typical Shellian framework narrative where the narrator states that he feels compelled to tell his story despite swearing never to do so. The narrator's story begins...

History A Of Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni is a travel narrative,...