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Garrett, Martin

Mary Shelley

(4) YA British Library Writers' Lives series. The author of Frankenstein led an unconventional life in the circle of Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. This biography, written in convoluted, academic prose, covers in unblinking detail Shelley's unusual marriage, the deaths of her children, the influences on her writing, and the themes of her work. Plentiful portraits, paintings, and manuscript facsimiles illustrate the text. Timeline. Bib., ind.

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