Mary Shelley
By Muriel Spark

In this biography, Muriel Spark explores the life of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Spark details Shelley's experiences, relationships, and the obstacles she faced as a woman writer in the 19th century.

As noted by Jeanette Winterson in the New York Times: "Muriel Spark's imagination allows her so convincingly to inhabit Mary Shelley's time, place and temperament that it seems as if we have bumped over Europe in a badly sprung coach and awoken terrified, to see a monster of our own creation."

Shelley's contributions go beyond Frankenstein; she wrote six other novels, a novella, and numerous essays while editing her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley's works. Spark's account highlights Shelley's role in literary history and her influence on biographical criticism.

Published by Welcome Rain

Book details:

Title: Child of light: Mary Shelley

Author: Muriel Spark

Condition: Good. Edgewear, Plastic on the shiny cover is a bit crumbled 

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Welcome Rain

Publication Date: 2002