Incase you hadn’t noticed, it’s Mary Shelley’s birthday today… well, it would be if she wasn’t very much deceased. She would have been 211 today (I think), which is pretty darn old, really.I found this graffiti on flickr and thought it was cool, and because there aren't enough pictures of this Shelley bird around I shall use it instead.
Who?
Mary Shelley a.k.a Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin.
When?
Was born on 30th August (that’s today!) 1797 (that’s not today).
Where?
She was born in Somer Town, London. Her mother died 10 days after Mary was born.
What?
She was a writer, most famous for writing ‘Frankenstein’, though she also wrote several other novels and did some travel writing. She also married Shelley... as in ‘the’ Shelley, and her parents were William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, so you know she’s got to be pretty cool.
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For some reason I read "Her mother died 10 days before Mary was born."
Yeah that's what happened... then she emerged from a chrysalis like a slug.
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