Mary shelley biography timeline activities

“With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries.” 
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“There is love in me the likes of which you've never seen.

There is rage in me the likes of which should never escape. If I am not satisfied int he one, I will indulge the other.” 
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

08/30/1797 Born in Somers Town, Great Britain, to Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin.

Mary shelley biography timeline activities for kids

It was a great day in history. 


1797 Mary Goodwin's mother dies 11 days after giving birth to her. This tragic loss I believe influenced Shelley because she did not have her birth mother to aid her as she grew up.


1807 Published first poem at the age of ten.

Growing up with a political father and a library full of books really influenced her education. 


1813 At the age of sixteen, Mary meets the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. They tra