A review by leannep
In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson
informative
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.5
Watched a movie on SBS about Mary and Percy Bessie Shelley then saw this book in the op shop. Good book. I learnt so much. Who knew her mum was Mary Wollstonecraft feminist, who died soon after she was born. And her dad a revolutionary philosopher and publisher. What feisty teenager Mary Shelley was, and what an entitled, selfish chauvinist was Percy, even though Mary tried to 'massage ' his legacy in publishing his work after he died young. I liked the analysis of Frankenstein too.