Of her post "Frankenstein" work, the one that has attracted the most attention is another science fiction/fantasy novel, "The Last Man", imagining the consequence of a world-wide plague. (Prescient).
Yes but in her journal of the two tours into Switzerland she comes across (to me anyway) as having a lot of fun despite their chaotic lifestyle. I'd add that Percy's death not entirely 'tragic accident' he was a serial risk taker in small boats.
Ok, well, I’ve read so much source material, and I’ve never found such, but I am open to seeing her research when I get a moment. I do agree that the inequities in all the women’s lives of her generation were viscerally felt by her, she took so much of her mother’s writings to heart.
Of her post "Frankenstein" work, the one that has attracted the most attention is another science fiction/fantasy novel, "The Last Man", imagining the consequence of a world-wide plague. (Prescient).
Yes but in her journal of the two tours into Switzerland she comes across (to me anyway) as having a lot of fun despite their chaotic lifestyle. I'd add that Percy's death not entirely 'tragic accident' he was a serial risk taker in small boats.
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I’d like your sources on her feelings of being key somehow karmicly punished for Harriet’s suicide?
“In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein” by Fiona Sampson
Ok, well, I’ve read so much source material, and I’ve never found such, but I am open to seeing her research when I get a moment. I do agree that the inequities in all the women’s lives of her generation were viscerally felt by her, she took so much of her mother’s writings to heart.
Thank you for this. That last paragraph is so true and important!