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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist best known for her famous work, 'Frankenstein'. Born on August 30, 1797, and passing away on February 1, 1851, she was an early female writer whose works explored themes such as women's rights, social inequalities, and scientific ethics.

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Famous Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes

“We could almost believe that we are destined by Providence to an unsettled position on the globe, so invariably is a love of change implanted in the young. It seems as if the eternal Lawgiver intended that, at a certain age, man should leave father, mother, and the dwelling of his infancy, to seek his fortunes over the wide world.”

Ifs Men World Should Believe Seems Age Young Mother Certain Father Position Eternal Fortune Wide Providence Globes Destined Dwelling Infancy Father Mother

Book:Lodore

Source: Lodore

“Even the eternal skies weep, I thought; is there any shame then, that mortal man should spend himself in tears?”

Men Should Grief Sky Tears Eternal Rain Shame Mortals

Book:The Last Man

Source: The Last Man

“But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.”

Should Soul Humanity Felt Tree Cease My Soul Miserable Exhibits Bolts

Book:Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus

“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.”

World Should Firsts Light Dark Break Ideals Bounds Life And Death Break Through Between Life And Death Dark World Frankenstein Novel

Book:Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus

“In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought that the same cause should produce such opposite effects.”

Should Hands Pain Joy Causes Effects Cry Produce Strange Opposites Thrust Embers

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen. There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.”

Ifs Should Rage Likes Satisfied Indulge

Author:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched.”

Ifs Should Causes Saws Strange Creatures Lovely Miserable Unhappiness Affected Imperfect Solitary Wretched

Book:Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus

“All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape.”

Should Suffering Judging Ten Innocent Guilty

Book:Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus

About the Author

Born: August 30, 1797
Died: February 1, 1851
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 221

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FrankensteinRelated source material

Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern PrometheusRelated source material

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Annotated Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus with English Grammar Exercises: by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)Related source material

Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth CenturyRelated source material

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