Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Libros y biografía

A legend of the effects of the French Revolution among the Alps. A piece that is marked by that lofty, sometimes verbose eloquence, which we find in all that lady's writings.

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 Evil Eye" was published in January of 1829 by Mary Shelley for The Keepsake. The story is set in Albania and takes on a much different feel to the other short stories that Shelley published. The...

The Dream is a short story by Mary Shelley and deals with a prophetic dream. Constance is in love with Gaspar, who fought on the other side of the French civil war. Since this side has killed her father...

"The Mourner" is a story about a young man named Neville and a young lady named Ellen. In the beginning of the narration, Neville is walking with his fiance Juliet in Virginia Water. They come upon an...

Ellen, the female protagonist, tells the story of her life. When her parents die and leave her 50.000 pound, she becomes ward of her uncle. After a secret betrothal with one of his sons, she founds out,...

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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....

The Pole is a short story, that was written in close cooperation with Claire Clairmont.

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...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'History of a Six Weeks' Tour' is a compelling travel narrative that details the author's journey through Switzerland and France with her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and...

In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's novel 'Falkner,' readers are immersed in a captivating tale that combines elements of gothic fiction with social commentary. The story follows the protagonist, Theodore...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'History of a Six Weeks' Tour' is a captivating travelogue that provides a detailed account of her journey through France, Switzerland, and the Rhine. Written in a descriptive...

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,...

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,...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus' is a groundbreaking piece of literature that explores themes of ambition, morality, and the consequences of playing god. Written...

It is customary to regard Mary Shelley's claims to literary distinction as so entirely rooted and grounded in her husband's as to constitute a merely parasitic growth upon his fame. It may be unreservedly...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Frankenstein - oder: Der moderne Prometheus | Neu editierte Ausgabe 2020 | Der ehrgeizige Student Viktor Frankenstein erschafft an der damals höchst renommierten Universität...

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous, sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Frankenstein;...

I AM the native of a sea-surrounded nook, a cloud-enshadowed land, which, when the surface of the globe, with its shoreless ocean and trackless continents, presents itself to my mind, appears only as...

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...

I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been for many years counsellors and syndics, and my father had filled several public situations...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 'Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus' is a classic Gothic novel that explores themes of creation, ambition, and the dangers of playing god. Written in a compelling and...