5/23/2023 0 Comments In Byron's Wake by Miranda Seymour![]() ![]() In 1816, Mary Godwin was a 19-year-old unwed mother living with her lover Percy Shelley, with whom she had caused a major scandal in London society when he abandoned his wife and children to live with Mary and her half-sister, Claire. ![]() Devised among her literary companions (including Lord Byron) and refined and edited over time, Shelley's creation benefited from her unconventional lifestyle and experience, and it remains one of the triumphs of the Romantic period. This was the case with one of the most famous works of Western literature, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. ![]() Great art frequently evolves among talented people who share ideas with each other and who challenge themselves to greater and greater heights in the presence of fellow creatives. Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and the Writing of Frankenstein ![]()
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