The Shelley-Godwin Archive will provide the digitized manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, bringing together online for …

On 26 June 1814, Mary Godwin declared her love for Percy Shelley at Mary Wollstonecraft's graveside in the churchyard of St Pancras Old Church (shown here in 1815).

The Shelley-Godwin Archive provides the digitized manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, aiming to unite online for the …

Oct 23, 2025 · British author Mary Shelley is known for her horror novel ‘Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.’ Learn about her life and marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Nov 10, 2025 · Most scholars think the first meeting between Mary Godwin and the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley took place in November 1812, during one of her visits home. Others …

Oct 31, 2013 · Browse a collection of the family's digitized papers, including the original manuscript of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Mary’s birth: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is born in London. She is the only child of feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft (who dies 10 days after her birth) and the radical political philosopher …

Before her marriage to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite the fact that she had grown up without ever knowing her birth mother Mary always referred to herself as "Mary Wollstonecraft …

Shortly after her return to the family home, she became reacquainted with her father's youthful admirer, Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she had first met in the company of his wife Harriet in …

During 1816 the couple – by this point Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was using the Shelley surname – had become friends with Lord Byron, whom they had recently met, and whom they …