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Birth
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin is born in Somers Town, London, in England -
Mary Shelley's mother's death
Mary WollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley's mother, died.
She is considered Britain's first feminist -
Mary Shelley's father remarried
Mary Shelley's father, William Godwin, remarried Mary Jane Clairmont -
Mary met Percy Shelly
Mary returns from an educational stay in Scotland, and has her first meeting with one of her father's political disciples, Percy Bysshe Shelley. He is five years her senior, and unhappily married to Harriet Westbrook. Though Percy and Harriet have a child the following year, Percy spends an increasing amount of time away from his family and in the company of William Godwin. -
Mary and Percy met again
Sixteen-year-old Mary returned from a second trip to Scotland, and again met twenty-one-year-old Percy Shelley.
They used to take frequent walks together to Mary Wollstonecraft's grave in St. Pancras graveyard.
They confessed their love for each other.
Percy Shelley informed William Godwin of his love for Mary, as well as their plans to travel abroad together. -
Journey abroad
Mary, Percy Shelley, and Claire Clairmont (Mary's stepsister) left for France -
Mary gave birth to premature baby girl
Mary gave birth to her first daughter two months prematurely. The baby died twelve days later. -
Mary's baby boy was born
Mary gave birth to her first son, a boy named William -
Mary, Percy and Claire travelled to Switzerland
Mary, Percy Shelley, and Claire Clairmont begin another trip: this time, to Lake Geneva, Switzerland, where they stay with Lord Byron. -
Mary began writing 'Frankenstein'
After an intense waking dream at Lord Byron's villa, Mary begins writing her first novel, Frankenstein. -
Mary and Percy got married
Mary and Percy got married and remained in London -
Mary and Shelly started working on a travel book
Mary and Percy Shelley began their work on History of a Six Weeks' Tour. The work was a travel narrative compiled from letters, poems, and journals from their time in France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, and Lake Geneva. -
Mary gave birth to baby girl
Mary gave birth to a third child, Clara. -
'Frankenstein' was published
manuscriptThe Modern Prometheusis -
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Mary lived in Italy
Mary and Percy decided to move to the European country, where they stayed for five years.
In Italy Clara, Mary's daughter, died of dysentery.
Mary underwent depression, reason which became cause of marriage crisis.
She also got pregnant and had a baby boy: Percy Florence Shelley. -
Mary's husband died
Percy died when his boat sank on the coast. Mary was devastated. -
'The Last Man' was written
Mary wrote her post-apocalyptic masterpiece 'The Last Man'. -
'Valperga' was published
Valperga or 'The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucco', by Mary, was published. Valperga is a historical novel set in the same time period as her short story, "A Tale of the Passions" -
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Mary published other novels
Mary published some of her husbands work in Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and her own work: 'The Last Man', 'The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron', 'The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck',
'Falkner', 'Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France' -
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Mary went on a journey across Europe
Mary, Percy Florence Shelley, and his friends travel through France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. -
Mary Shelley died
Mary Shelley died at the age of 53 from a suspected brain tumor. She was buried between her parents at St. Peter's Church in Bournemouth.
