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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in London on August 30, 1797.
* She was the daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft.
* Her mother died of childbirth complications when Mary was only 11 days old.
* Mary was raised by her father and her stepmother, Mary Jane Clairmont.
* In 1814, she eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
* The couple had four children, but only one survived to adulthood.
* Mary Shelley is best known for her novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).
* She died in London on February 1, 1851, at the age of 53.

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nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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