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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: / ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft /; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. [ 2 ]
Mary Jane Clairmont Godwin, 1766 - 1841, mother of Charles and Claire Clairmont and the second wife of William Godwin. Little is known about her early life before she and Godwin were married in December 1801.
Dec 19, 2006 · Abstract. “A woman I shudder to think of”, Mary Shelley wrote of her stepmother, Mary Jane Clairmont Godwin, in 1814. This article examines the relationship between the two Marys – one the daughter of the celebrated, intellectual, charming Mary Wollstonecraft, the other the woman who stepped into her shoes, married her widower and raised ...
After convincing Mary Jane Godwin, who had pursued them to Calais, that they did not wish to return, the trio travelled to Paris, and then, by donkey, mule, carriage, and foot, through a France recently ravaged by war, to Switzerland.
Mary Jane Godwin (née de Vial; pseudonymed Mary Jane Clairmont; 1768 – 17 June 1841) [1] was an English author, publisher, and bookseller. [2] She was the second wife of William Godwin and stepmother to Mary Shelley .
May 31, 2018 · Mary Godwin will always be the controversial Mary Wollstonecraft’s child but, in marrying Godwin, Mary Jane has gambled with the future of her own daughter.
Mary Jane Godwin, formerly Clairmont, née de Vial (1768-1841), English translator and bookseller. She was the second wife of philosopher and novelist William Godwin, and together they ran the M. J. Godwin Co. Juvenile Library bookshop and imprint.
