About this title: Bennett's lush reimagining of the life of Mary Shelley--on the eve of her authorship of the classic gothic novel "Frankenstein"--is a gripping story of passionate young love, poetic history, and the most enduring horror story of our time.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780763629946ISBN:0763629944
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2006-05-09
ISBN-13:9780763629946ISBN:0763629944
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2006-05-09
ISBN-13:9780763629946ISBN:0763629944
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780763634070ISBN:0763634077
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Candlewick Pr
Date Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN-13:9780763634070ISBN:0763634077
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780744559866ISBN:0744559863
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780744559866ISBN:0744559863
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780744559866ISBN:0744559863
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"Bennett presents the gloriously scandalous lives of Mary Godwin Shelley and the poet Percy Shelley as a first-person narrative of some power. While one scarce needs to embellish a real-life account so full of sex, drugs, intrigue and intellectual folderol, Bennett does not stick necessarily close to the truth, or what passes for it. At 16, Mary Godwin, whose mother the passionate feminist Mary Wollstonecraft died giving birth to, entrances the beautiful boy poet Shelley, who already has a pregnant teenage wife and a child. Mary's stepsister Jane, who renames herself Claire, eventually is also smitten, not only by Shelley but by his friend George Lord Bryon. Mary, Shelley and Claire repair from the scandal they cause in London to Switzerland and later Italy. Suicide, the death of children and much seduction ensues. It is a wonder that any writing got done at all, but it did, even if Bennett moves the publication of Mary's Frankenstein to after Shelley's death rather than before. Teen readers will be awed at how much debauchery existed in the early 18th century."
"This book is one of my favorite book that I ever read because it made me feel as if I were looking at the lives of the people that the book was about. It made me feel as if I were in the book. This book had a mixture of feelings that gave you many thoughts to think about. This book was about this 16-year old girl, whose father owned a book shop and a little house above it. The main character was the 16- year old girl named Mary. Mary had two sisters named Jane and Fanny. Her Papa had accepted Marys mother, who had already had a daughter named Fanny. Then Papa and Mama had Mary, but Mary's mother died giving birth to her. So then Papa had another woman and they had Jane.
One day Mary was fixing Papa's bookshelves. She was up in the ladder putting books in order, that is until she saw this "cute" guy. When she saw this gentleman she pretended as if she was going to fall to the floor, which made the guy get her attention and help her down. Days past and the guy kept on visiting her. One day their parents put a halt to them, so Mary, Jane and Shelley{ the boys name}, escaped. Then Shelley and Mary had many babies, but two of them died. Mary thought that Shelley was her angle, but when she realized that he was lying to her, she realized that her angle was becoming a monster. Mary had discovered that Shelley was married and had 2 kids. People were spreading rumors about them that made the whole town hate them. He had told her that his friend and invited him and Jane, but they left and they stayed there together. Then, one day Shelley and his friends went shipping, which was their favorite thing to do. There was a storm and the cause was that they all crashed and died. Mary and the wife of one of Shelly's friend cried all day. Then Mary remembered that everyone who once was her angel and monster, had died;Fanny, Shelley, and Shelly's wife.
I would definitely give this book a 5 star, from 1-5. I would recommend people that have hearts and feelings to read this book. This book really makes you look at the real world."
"It's about the life of Mary Shelley, from just before she met Percy Shelley to right after he died. His death finally drove her to write FRANKENSTEIN."
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