Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, and died on Feb. 1, 1851. She wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by the time she was 19. The book was first published in 1818. She was the daughter of two great intellectual rebels of the 1790's and her mother wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. After miscarrying a baby, she had dreams, ... chasing more Knowledge. Walton and Frankenstein compliment each others" characters perfectly, highlighting everything that needs to be brought out and nothing that doesn't. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is set in eighteen...

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