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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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“Poetry, and the principle of Self, of which money is the visible incarnation, are the God and the Mammon of the world.”

World Self Principles Visible Incarnation

Book:A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the Athenians. Preface to the Banquet of Plato. The banquet

Source: A defence of poetry. Essay on the literature, arts, and manners of the Athenians. Preface to the Banquet of Plato. The banquet

“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

“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

“The world to me was a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own.”

People World Imagination Secret Vacancy

Book:Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus

Source: Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus

“It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world.”

Men World Stills Soul Earth Spirit Heaven Secret Highest Mysterious Substance Metaphysical Inquiry Heaven And Earth

Book:Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century

Source: Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: With Supplementary Essays and Poems from the Twentieth Century

“The world was to me a secret which I desired to devine.”

World Secret

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”

World Cutting Accounts Monsters Asceticism

Book:Frankenstein: The Original Story

Source: Frankenstein: The Original Story

“At the age of twenty six I am in the condition of an aged person - all my old friends are gone... & my heart fails when I think by how few ties I hold to the world.”

Thinking World Heart Persons Age Gone Failing Conditions My Heart Six Twenties Ties Old Friends

Book:The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844: 1822-1844

Source: The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844: 1822-1844

“So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein - more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.”

World Way Has Beens Soul Done Steps Mystery Achieve Creation New Ways Pioneers Treading Frankenstein Novel

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“When I step into the batter's box, the fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a battle between me and the pitcher. And more than anything, I want to win.”

World Want Moments Winning Steps Fans Battle Boxes Disappear Noise That Moment Cheer Pitcher Softball Inspirational Softball

Author:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“I leave a sad and bitter world; and if you remember me, and think of me as of one unjustly condemned, I am resigned to the fate awaiting me.”

Ifs Thinking World Remember Fate Bitter Think Of Me Remember Me Resigned

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“There is something so different in Venice from any other place in the world, that you leave at once all accustomed habits and everyday sights to enter an enchanted garden.”

World Different Habit Garden Sight Everyday Accustomed Venice Places In The World Enchanted

Author:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“Supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.”

World Humans Would Be Effects Creator Endeavor Mechanism Mock Frankenstein Novel

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

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