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Vor einem Tag · Godwin was also operating a small publishing house: Charles and Mary Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare which he commissioned is still in print. Not a natural businessman, he eventually went bankrupt. Acolytes such as Shelley, Francis Place and (Thomas) Wedgwood gave him money. Shelley’s early death in 1821 meant financial embarrassment. Loyal friends launched a subscription for their fallen ...
Vor 4 Tagen · In May 1814, Shelley began visiting his mentor Godwin almost daily, and soon fell in love with Mary, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Godwin and the late feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft. Shelley and Mary declared their love for each other during a visit to her mother's grave in the churchyard of St Pancras Old Church on 26 June.
Vor 13 Stunden · At age 16, young Mary Godwin (1797–1851), daughter of a radical political philosopher, eloped with the already married poet and philosopher, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822). To do so, Percy Shelley abandoned his first wife, Harriet while she was pregnant with their second child. Harriet ultimately died by suicide a couple years later.
Vor 5 Tagen · Story 294: The Haunting of Villa Diodati. In which the Doctor and her companions visit the Villa Diodati in June 1816 and witness the birth of Frankenstein ... The house, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, has been rented by Lord Byron for the summer. He is accompanied by fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his partner Mary Godwin ...
Vor einem Tag · In 1797 an extraordinary visionary died, leaving behind a grieving husband, a two-year-old daughter, and a newborn. The woman was Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughter Fanny Imlay, and her baby Mary Godwin, who, through many trials and tribulations, grew up to become the remarkable Mary Shelley, creator of one of the most important books in literature: Frankenstein;…
Vor 3 Tagen · Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, influential thinkers of the 18th century, had differing views on parenting when raising their daughter, Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. Wollstonecraft advocated for a more nurturing and egalitarian approach, while Godwin emphasized rational education and discipline. Their disagreements highlight that ...
Vor 4 Tagen · He eloped with, and later married, Harriet Westbrook. After the marriage broke down, he eloped again with Mary Godwin, the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Westmacott, a feminist author. After the suicide of Harriet Shelley, he married Mary Godwin. In 1816 the couple went to Geneva in Switzerland where they happened to meet Lord Byron ...
