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Wells, Catherine

Strange Creatures: The Story of Mary Shelley

160 pp. | Morgan | May, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-1-59935-092-9 $28.95
(3) YA World Writers series. As a young girl, Shelley, the child of two influential and radical writers, decided herself to eschew societal norms. This engaging biography limns her unconventional life, focusing on her love affair (and later marriage) with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, the writing of Frankenstein when she was still a teenager, and the novel's infamy and lasting influence. Period illustrations and photographs appear throughout. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

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