Everyone knows one of the most famous novels is “Frankenstein”, or the “Modern Prometheus” (1818) by Mary Shelley,
but not too many know of her life and the rest of the novels that she has written. It’s time to look at one of the most famous authors that no one really knows the life of. There is much more than just Frankenstein.
Born on August 30, 1797, in London, English was the famous author Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin. Daughter of a political writer and philosopher, William Godwin and the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother was the author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) which is a staple for feminism writing. She even had a half-sister named Fanny Imlay who was the daughter of an affair her mother had with a solider (Biography.com editors).
