Mary Shelley: A Literary Life

by John Williams

Book Overview

Much of Mary Shelley's life reads like a compilation of some of the most lurid and sensationalist novels of her time. After the stormy years of her relationship with Percy Shelley, Mary went on to raise her one surviving son on her own, never sure of the loyalty of friends, threatened and intimidated by her dead husband's father. John Williams offers a thoughtful assessment of her literary achievement, set against the background of the evolution of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333698312
• ISBN13: 9780333698310
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"