... thus affected. Mary's father's dismissal of her in her early teenage years, only to please her wretched step-mother, further depressed the young writer. Her disconnected adolescence and the questionable morality of her actions as an adult provided source for many novels she wrote, rousing contempt from some of her contemporaries and praise from others. Without the hardships of her childhood ... older half sister Fanny Imlay Godwin. Although Mary was considerably more advance in intelligence than her siblings, "the only formal teaching she received, however, was from Mr. Benson the music...

• Word Count: 1927
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate