About mary shelley biography ppt

Presentation on theme: "Mary Shelley 1797-1851."— Presentation transcript:

1 Mary Shelley

2 Background Information
Parents famous writersMother died ten days after Mary’s birthFather remarried, but the stepmother disliked Mary and favored her own daughter ClaireMary had little formal education.

She loved to read, write her own stories for amusement, and conversed with famous writers who visited her home

3 Famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley often visited
Famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley often visited.

Although married, he fell in love with her and she with himThey ran away together in 1814Money troubles forced them to return to England where they awaited the birth of their first child in LondonThe child died shortly after birth

4 Her second child, William, was born a little later
In 1816, Percy, Lord Byron, Byron’s mistress, John William Polidori, and Mary told ghost stories around a fire in a castle in Switzerland.

Mary’s idea came to her in a