Mary Shelley

  • Birth

    Birth
    Birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin the 30th August of 1797 in London.
  • First baby

    The baby is premature and dies after
    a few days.
  • Marriage

    Marriage
    She married the poet Percy Shelley.
  • Second baby

    William Shelley
  • Third baby

    Mary Shelley gives birth to her third child, Clara Everina Shelley. The baby dies of dysentery in Italy after three weeks.
  • First Novel

    First Novel
    First novel "Frankenstein or the modern prometeus" the most important novel of her life and of the time.
  • Second novel

    Second novel
    "Mathilda" inspired in her life.
  • William dies

    William dies of malaria in Italy.
  • Forth baby

    Mary Shelley gives birth to the couple’s son Percy Florence, their only child who will survive infancy.
  • Death of Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Mary wrapped the heart of her dead husband in silk and kept it for a quarter of a century, until the date of her death.
  • Third novel

    Third novel
    Valperga
  • Second edition of Frankenstein

    Mary did not receive
    any royalties from the play but its popularity probably increased sales of the second edition.
  • Forth Novel

    Forth Novel
    Second Novel "The last man" inspired by the death of her husband.
  • Fifth novel

    Fifth novel
    The luck of Perkin Warbeck
  • Third edition of Frankenstein

    This edition is the text used by most schools.
  • Sixth novel

    Sixth novel
    Lodore
  • Seventh novel

    Seventh novel
    Falkner
  • Death

    Death the 1st February of 1851 in London.