-Many early romantic writers strongly advocated the French Revolution which began in 1789.
-The balance of economic power shifted from the wealthy class to the middle class because of the rise of industrialism.
-The advancement of technology and machinery made the jobs for the normal worker more unsecure because they could be easily replaced.
-Many English writers and thinkers supported the revolution.
-Mary's father (William Godwin) influenced romantic writers with Inquiry Concerning Political Justice where he thought property should be equally distributed.
-Mary's mother(Mary Wollstonecraft) supported equality amoung sexes in her book A Vindication of the Rights of Men in retaliation to other writers attack on the revolution.
-In 1792 French revolutionaries executed around 1200 priests, royalists, and common criminals(September Massacres).
-Revolutionary government imprisoned around 300,000 suspects. (Reign of Terror)
-England sympathizers no longer supported the revolution.
-Rise of Napoleon (1804) and was confronted with war against France.
-The war ended in 1815, England was suffering from economic and social problems.
-The english government did not interfere with the private business sector which resulted in low wages and terrible working conditions.
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Biographical Information
-Born Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, she was the only child of two successful and controversial writers.
-Her mother Mary Wollstonecraft died ten days after her birth.
-Mary received a well rounded education and because her father was such an important figure she was also influenced by other writers, artists and scientists who would visit her father.
-In her midteens during a visit to Scotland, she found her passion in writing where she could expand her imagination.
-Once she returned to England she fell in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley.
-Along with Mary's stepsister (Claire) they fled to France (1816) where they met with the poet Lord Byron.
-(1816) When asked to write a ghost story on a stormy week, Mary started to write the novel Frankenstein.
-Later that year the Percy and Mary returned to England and got married.
-(1818) Frankenstein was published.
-In the next four years 2 of her 3 children died, and Percy drowned in a boating accident in 1822.
-Mary being a widow supported her only child (Percy) with the money she received from her writings, she published novels, short stories, essays, reviews, travel narratives, and a literary biographies.
-On February 1st, 1851 Mary Shelley died of a brain disease.
sources: Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus with connections
-Her mother Mary Wollstonecraft died ten days after her birth.
-Mary received a well rounded education and because her father was such an important figure she was also influenced by other writers, artists and scientists who would visit her father.
-In her midteens during a visit to Scotland, she found her passion in writing where she could expand her imagination.
-Once she returned to England she fell in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley.
-Along with Mary's stepsister (Claire) they fled to France (1816) where they met with the poet Lord Byron.
-(1816) When asked to write a ghost story on a stormy week, Mary started to write the novel Frankenstein.
-Later that year the Percy and Mary returned to England and got married.
-(1818) Frankenstein was published.
-In the next four years 2 of her 3 children died, and Percy drowned in a boating accident in 1822.
-Mary being a widow supported her only child (Percy) with the money she received from her writings, she published novels, short stories, essays, reviews, travel narratives, and a literary biographies.
-On February 1st, 1851 Mary Shelley died of a brain disease.
sources: Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus with connections
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