Mary Shelley
Subtitle: the strange true tale of Frankenstein's creator
By: Catherine Reef
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781328740052
Subjects: English Authors; History and criticism; Juvenile literature; Biography; English Horror tales
Other titles: Strange true tale of Frankenstein's creator, Mary Shelley; Mary Shelley
Description: "On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history"--

A biography of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history. Reef discusses the creation of Shelley's story about a mad scientist who brought a corpse back to life, detailing her life both before and after the publication of this iconic masterpiece. -- adapted from amazon.com
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Includes bibliography [pages 179-202] and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Imagination; title: Escape!; title: Life's lessons; title: Year without a summer; title: Dreams; title: "The journal book of misfortunes"; title: Sorrow's abode; title: "And I live!"; title: Secrets; title: Memory; title: Happiness; title: Epilogue.