Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
Forfatter af Frankenstein
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in England on August 30, 1797. Her parents were two celebrated liberal thinkers, William Godwin, a social philosopher, and Mary Wollstonecraft, a women's rights advocate. Eleven days after Mary's birth, her mother died of puerperal fever. Four motherless years vis mere later, Godwin married Mary Jane Clairmont, bringing her and her two children into the same household with Mary and her half-sister, Fanny. Mary's idolization of her father, his detached and rational treatment of their bond, and her step-mother's preference for her own children created a tense and awkward home. Mary's education and free-thinking were encouraged, so it should not surprise us today that at the age of sixteen she ran off with the brilliant, nineteen-year old and unhappily married Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley became her ideal, but their life together was a difficult one. Traumas plagued them: Shelley's wife and Mary's half-sister both committed suicide; Mary and Shelley wed shortly after he was widowed but social disapproval forced them from England; three of their children died in infancy or childhood; and while Shelley was an aristocrat and a genius, he was also moody and had little money. Mary conceived of her magnum opus, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, when she was only nineteen when Lord Byron suggested they tell ghost stories at a house party. The resulting book took over two years to write and can be seen as the brilliant creation of a powerful but tormented mind. The story of Frankenstein has endured nearly two centuries and countless variations because of its timeless exploration of the tension between our quest for knowledge and our thirst for good. Shelley drowned when Mary was only 24, leaving her with an infant and debts. She died from a brain tumor on February 1, 1851 at the age of 54. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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(ita) Please don't combine Shelley with Mary Shelley. Yes, some people will have entered books this way, but it more commonly refers to her husband the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, with whom "Shelley" should also not be combined.
(eng) Please don't combine Shelley with Mary Shelley. There is more than one author with that surname.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the author of "Frankenstein". Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the author of "A vindication of the rights of woman" and has a separate author page.
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Værker af Mary Shelley
Frankenstein / Dracula / The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1978) — Bidragyder — 722 eksemplarer
Valperga: Or, the Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca (Oxford World's Classics) (1823) 149 eksemplarer
Frankenstein / The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Townsend Library Edition) (2005) 72 eksemplarer
History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland (1817) 31 eksemplarer
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Secret Sharer / Transformation: Three Tales of Doubles (2008) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus, with Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library) (2000) 18 eksemplarer
Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century (1988) 17 eksemplarer
Frankenstein Diaries: The Romantics: The Secret Memoirs of Mary Shelley (Volume 1) (2015) 16 eksemplarer
"Frankenstein" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Junior Classics for Young Readers (2012) 16 eksemplarer
Frankenstein: A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) (2000) 14 eksemplarer
The Complete Frankenstein: 200-year Edition: Including both the 1818 and 1831 Versions, and Bonus Chapter: Farewell,… (2017) 14 eksemplarer
Reading & Training : Mary Shelley : Frankenstein [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 11 eksemplarer
Die Gruselklassiker der Weltliteratur: Frankenstein / Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde / Dracula / Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (2016) 10 eksemplarer
Frankenstein and the Critics (Illustrated. Includes full text of 'Frankenstein 1818.') (2014) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Frankenstein. Edición anotada para científicos, creadores y curiosos en general: Bicentenario 1818-2018… (2017) 10 eksemplarer
Frankenstein : the graphic novel : Mary Shelley 9 eksemplarer
Frankenstein: Mary Shelley (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) 9 eksemplarer
Penny Dreadful Multipack Vol. 4 (Illustrated. Annotated. Includes 'Frankenstein (1818 Uncensored Version), 'String of… (2014) 9 eksemplarer
El mortal inmortal: Y otras fantasías góticas (El Club Diógenes) (Spanish Edition) (1994) 8 eksemplarer
Frankenstein: Unabridged and Unadapted from the Original Text, and With Thirteen Related Readings (2002) 8 eksemplarer
Lesen und Üben : Mary Shelley : Frankenstein [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 5 eksemplarer
Vintage Monsters: " Frankenstein " , " Sexing the Cherry " (Vintage Classic Twins) (2007) 5 eksemplarer
Ghostly Tales from the Lost Summer of 1816 - Frankenstein, The Vampyre & Other Stories from the Villa Diodati (2019) 5 eksemplarer
Best of Gothic Horror: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection, Dr Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (Literate Listener) (2000) 4 eksemplarer
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Annotated and Illustrated: The Uncensored 1818 Text with Maps, Essays, and Analysis… (2017) 4 eksemplarer
Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 16A: TreeTops Classics: Frankenstein (Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Classics) (2006) 4 eksemplarer
Frankenstein I by Mary Shelley - Del Prado Miniature (The Miniature Classics Library) (2003) 4 eksemplarer
Color Your Own Graphic Novel FRANKENSTEIN (Dover Classic Stories Coloring Book) (2010) 4 eksemplarer
The Complete Novels of Mary Shelley: Frankenstein, The Last Man, Valperga, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, Lodore &… (2017) 4 eksemplarer
Frankenstein II by Mary Shelley - Del Prado Miniature (The Miniature Classics Library) (2003) 4 eksemplarer
Frankenstein. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra de la autora, y marco historico. (Spanish Edition) (2013) 3 eksemplarer
Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley (Classics of Gothic Horror) (2018) 3 eksemplarer
Mary Shelley: Complete Edition With Works Including, Frankenstein, The Last Man, Mathilda And Proserpine & Midas… (2014) 3 eksemplarer
Frankenstein. Mary Shelley (Puffin Classics) 3 eksemplarer
The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844: 1814-1822 (Journals of Mary Shelley, July, 1814-1822) (1987) 3 eksemplarer
Frankenstein: A play in two acts 3 eksemplarer
Frankenstein; Tom Sawyer; Huckleberry Finn; Pride and Prejudice; The Time Machine (1981) 2 eksemplarer
FRANKENSTEIN (WORLDVIEW CRITICAL EDITIONS 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein Illustrated Classic Editions Thrillers 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein [Frankenstein Series Book 1] 2 eksemplarer
Robinson Crusoe: Treasury of Illustrated Classics 2 eksemplarer
Eminent literary and scientific men of France 2 eksemplarer
Die Geschichte des Doktor Frankenstein und seines Mord Monsters oder Die Allgewalt der Liebe: Von der Mensch-Maschine… (1975) 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein II 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein I 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) 2nd (second) edition Text Only (2000) 2 eksemplarer
The Last Man Volume II 2 eksemplarer
FRANKENSTEIN The Modern Prometheus Illustrated: Mary Shelly's Frankenstein (Illustrated) 2 eksemplarer
Warlock's Play: 550 Supernatural Mysteries, Macabre & Horror Classics: Black Magic, Sweeney Todd, The Vampyre,… (2018) 2 eksemplarer
1984 (Signet Classics) 2 eksemplarer
Gothic Horror Classics Collection: Frankenstein, Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Castle… 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein [Short Story] 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstien 1818 (Annotated Large Text Easy Read Series): Large Text Easy Read Edition 2 eksemplarer
Easy Classics: Frankenstein (German Edition) 2 eksemplarer
Works of Mary Shelley. Frankenstein, The Last Man, Falkner, Mathilda, Valperga, Lodore, The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck… 2 eksemplarer
Frankenstein - Phoenix Science Fiction Classics (with notes and critical essays) (2009) 2 eksemplarer
On Ghosts 2 eksemplarer
Preludes, Offertories, Postludes, Vol. I 1 eksemplar
Preludes, Offertories, Postludes, Vol. II 1 eksemplar
2008 1 eksemplar
Classic Starts®: Frankenstein 1 eksemplar
FRANKENSTEIN 2 (QUADRINHOS) 1 eksemplar
The Parvenue 1 eksemplar
O MISTÉRIO DA IMORTALIDADE 1 eksemplar
Great Classic Horror Stories: Frankenstein, the Signalman Carmilla, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde the Yellow Wallpaper,… (2018) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein sau Prometeul modern 1 eksemplar
A Garota Invisível 1 eksemplar
Bibliothec Dracula - Band 07: Frankenstein 1 eksemplar
(all) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (Classic Tales for Children) 1 eksemplar
فرانكنشتاين: برومثيوس العصر 1 eksemplar
Frankestein Glencoe Study Guide 1 eksemplar
Mathilda 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein: Macmillan Reader, Elementary Level (Macmillan Readers) by Mary Shelly (2008-01-02) (1843) 1 eksemplar
John Stamos Adult Coloring Book: Full House Star and Hot Model, Sexy Musician and Producer Inspired Adult Coloring Book… (2018) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly: New Edition 1 eksemplar
Mary shelly (Annotated): by Frankenstein 1 eksemplar
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley-Volume 1: Including One Novel Frankenstein or the Modern… (2010) 1 eksemplar
A Cold and Stormy Summer: Frankenstein, The Vampyre, and other writings inspired by Geneva, Switzerland in 1816 (2012) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (Adapted) 1 eksemplar
FRANKENSTEIN OU PROMETEU MODERNO 1 eksemplar
The Post-Apocalyptic Collection 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein - Monster Collection 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (LEVEL 1) RICHMOND RREADERS 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein - Fully Illustrated and Adapted 1 eksemplar
The Victim of Prejudice 1 eksemplar
The Complete Poems 1 eksemplar
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 068 1 eksemplar
Classic Horror Collection 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein o il moderno Promoteo 1 eksemplar
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature: With an Introductory View of the Animal Kingdom Translated From the French… (2015) 1 eksemplar
The Frankenstein Notebooks: A Facsimile Edition of Mary Shelley's Manuscript Novel, 1816-17 (1996) 1 eksemplar
Classic Horror Collection Vol 1: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Jekyll and Hyde... (Golden Deer… (2012) 1 eksemplar
Maary Shelley 1781=1851 bio 1 eksemplar
Shelley, Mary Archive 1 eksemplar
Frankestein, versión de Ana Ma. Moix 1 eksemplar
The Originals Frankenstein : Unabridged Classics 1 eksemplar
Mary Shelley (10 books): Frankenstein, Mathilda, The Last Man, History of a Six Weeks' Tour... - with AUDIOBOOKS… (2020) 1 eksemplar
FRANKENSTEIN Classic horror collection 1 eksemplar
Stage 4 - B1: Frankenstein 1 eksemplar
Box Set - The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volumes 1 to 7 (100 authors & 200 stories) (2017) 1 eksemplar
Frankeinstein. Material Auxiliar. Educacion Secundaria (Aula Literària) - 9788431671198 (2009) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (Listening Center) 1 eksemplar
Il mortale immortale; Metamorfosi 1 eksemplar
Science Fiction of the 20th Century 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein, Story Book Grade 4: Steck-Vaughn Short Classics, Student Reader 5pk (Short Classics Set 1) (1991) 1 eksemplar
La véritable histoire de Frankenstein : Collection : Bibliothèque poche rouge cartonnée (1976) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (Horror) - Advance 1 eksemplar
The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley Volume 2: Including One Novel "The Last Man" and Three… (2010) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein I Serien: Gys fra hele verden 1 eksemplar
Frankestein - second level 1 eksemplar
The Brother and Sister 1 eksemplar
Marvel Classics Comics 20 1 eksemplar
A Tale of the Passions 1 eksemplar
Recollections of Italy 1 eksemplar
The Bride of Modern Italy 1 eksemplar
Roger Dodsworth 1 eksemplar
The Sisters of Albano 1 eksemplar
Ferninando Eboli 1 eksemplar
The Swiss Peasant 1 eksemplar
Mary Shelley: The Ultimate Collection (All 7 Novels including Frankenstein, Short Stories, Bonus Audiobook Links &… (2014) 1 eksemplar
The keepsake for 1832 1 eksemplar
Journals of Mary Shelley: Part II: July 1822-1844 (Journals of Mary Shelley, July 1822-1844) (1987) 1 eksemplar
Φρανκεστάϊν 1 eksemplar
Φράνκεστάϊν 1 eksemplar
Frankestein ou o prometeu moderno 1 eksemplar
Bedtime Reading: Frankenstein 1 eksemplar
First Flight 1 eksemplar
The Creature Lives! 1 eksemplar
The Reanimated Englishman 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (13/20) (Spanish Edition) 1 eksemplar
FRANKENSTEIN OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (Illustrated with Scenes From The Universal Photoplay) 1 eksemplar
A Wollstonecraft Anthology 1 eksemplar
M. W. Shelley. Frankenstein : Frankenstein. Traduction nouvelle et intégrale par Eugène Rocart et Georges… 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein. Audio Book (Speak Up 10/2004) 1 eksemplar
FRANKENSTEIN By Mary Shelley ILLUSTRATED 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (texto bilingüe) 1 eksemplar
O Mortal Imortal Contos Sobrenaturais 1 eksemplar
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Frankenstein - ed. clube de literatura clássica 1 eksemplar
The Invisible Girl & Other Tales 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein - Textos Bilingues 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein by John Grant 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein (em Portugues) - Livro de Bolso 1 eksemplar
Spinebreakers Frankenstein 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein - eBook 1 eksemplar
FRANKENSTEIN (Novela Gráfica) 1 eksemplar
Der letzte Mensch. Roman: Damals – heute – morgen: Reclams Klassikerinnen (German Edition) 1 eksemplar
Frankenstein. Ein Schauerroman: Das Meisterwerk der englischen Romantik gebunden in Cabra-Leder mit Goldprägung: 20 (2023) 1 eksemplar
The Invisible Girl & The Mortal Immortal 1 eksemplar
El moderno Prometeo 1 eksemplar
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft - Fødselsdato
- 1797-08-30
- Dødsdag
- 1851-02-01
- Begravelsessted
- St. Peter's Churchyard, Bournemouth, Hampshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Land (til kort)
- England, UK
- Fødested
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Dødssted
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Dødsårsag
- brain tumour
- Bopæl
- Londen, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Uddannelse
- at home
- Erhverv
- novelist
poet
editor
short story writer
essayist - Relationer
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe (echtgenoot)
Godwin, William (vader)
Wollstonecraft, Mary (moeder) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- SF Hall Of Fame (Posthumous Inductee, 2004)
- Kort biografi
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in London, the daughter of two major English intellectuals and writers, Mary Wollstonecraft and her husband William Godwin. She fell in love with Percy Bysshe Shelley, a married man and father, and scandalized society by eloping with him in 1814. Two years later, they were married and in 1818, she published her most famous work, her first novel: Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. She also wrote several other novels, including Valperga (1823) and The Last Man (1826), as well as numerous novellas, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and articles for periodicals of the day, travel books, and a biography of her husband. At the time of Shelley's death in 1822, she was regarded as a major novelist married to a minor poet, but she spent 30 years promoting his work to help him achieve lasting fame.
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Victor Frankenstein er en privilegeret og ambitiøs ung mand. Han vokser op i trygge rammer i Geneve, og da han fatter voldsom interesse for naturfilosofien sender hans far ham til Ingolstadt for at studere. Her bliver han hurtigt grebet af kemiens mysterier og viser sig snart som et geni, der vil – og kan – overgå sine læremestre.
Alligevel er han ikke en rigtig videnskabsmand. Han er for meget en enspænder og for optaget af det, han kalder de store spørgsmål: Hvad er livet? Kan mennesket skabe liv? Da han først kommer på sporet af hemmeligheden, forfølger han manisk og ensomt sit mål. Uden den mindste tanke på konsekvenserne lykkes det ham at bygge et væsen, der er større og stærkere end mennesket, kun for at blive slået med rædsel i det øjeblik det vækkes til live. Øjeblikkeligt afviser han sin skabning og begynder en årelang flugt fra sig selv og sine gerninger.
Væsenet har vel at mærke ikke gjort andet end at eksistere på dette tidspunkt. Det er alene dets hæslighed, der får ham til vige tilbage og flygte ud i nattens ensomhed. Da Victor vender tilbage, er det væk. Plaget af sygdom og dårlig samvittighed prøver han at vende tilbage til et almindeligt liv, men da han endelig ser Geneve igen vælter ulykkerne ned over ham.
I mellemtiden har væsenet levet i ensomhed, og dets forsøg på at få menneskelig kontakt og kærlighed ender hver gang i voldsom afvisning og had på grund af det groteske udseende. Plaget af ensomhed opsøger det Victor, og stiller sin skaber et krav: En kone at leve livet med. Kan Frankenstein opfylde et ønske, som fylder ham med rædsel? Kan han lade være?
Nu er det jo en gyserhistorie, så det ender selvfølgelig i en kamp på liv eller død – men først efter at Victors tilværelse er lagt i ruiner.
Væsenet skildres som hæsligt af ydre, men i bund og grund er det godt. Det hjælper flere gange mennesker på sin vej og drømmer kun om et simpelt liv med kærlighed og anerkendelse. Det er afvisningerne, der lærer det had, og først da begynder dets rædselsgerninger.
Det fatter Frankenstein ikke en lyd af. Faktisk må han nok være et af verdenslitteraturens mest selvoptagede, ansvarsfornægtende og almindeligt irriterende skikkelser. I stedet for at tage ansvar for resultatet af sine eksperimenter giver han sig i kast med uendelige beklagelser over livets uretfærdighed, og inden historien er omme, må hans kære betale prisen for hans selvoptagethed. Han er prototypen på den gale videnskabsmand, der ikke er interesseret i sandheden for dens egen skyld, men kun som et personligt projekt.
Hvis væsenet viser, at ondskab opstår, når mennesket lever i foragt og uden kærlighed, så viser Frankenstein, at kærlighed heller ikke er nok. Han er som et moderne curlingbarn, der har fået fjernet alle sten på sin vej og konstant mødes af forståelse, uanset hvor uansvarligt det opfører sig. Det kommer der heller ikke et godt menneske ud af.
Romanen bærer præg af sin tid, og lange passager er lettere irriterende hyldest til det ufatteligt dydige og lykkelige familieliv. Men grundideen står stadig lysende klar, og i en tid hvor videnskaben eksperimenterer med stadigt flere af livets byggesten, er budskabet om videnskabsmandens evne til at fornægte konsekvenserne af sit arbejde højst relevant.… (mere)