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Mary Shelley

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Mary Shelley, remembered for Frankenstein, Gothic fiction, English literature.

1797 - 1851London, England, United Kingdom
Portrait or photograph of Mary Shelley: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin fue una escritora​ dramaturga, ensayista y biógrafa británica​ reconocida principalmente por
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin fue una escritora​ dramaturga, ensayista y biógrafa británica​ reconocida principalmente por ser la autora de la novela gótica Frankenstein o el moderno Rodrio555, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Mary Shelley Is Remembered

Mary Shelley is remembered for frankenstein, gothic fiction, english literature. This public memorial page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why the figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive biography, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Mary Shelley.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

London, England, United Kingdom is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial because it is connected to Mary Shelley's life, work, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Portrait or photograph of Mary Shelley: Portrait of Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell 1840, Source: Public Domain

Portrait of Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell 1840, Source: Public Domain

Drgn1900, Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Mary Shelley: Blue plaque for Mary Shelley and her family On the wall of St Peter's churchyard

Blue plaque for Mary Shelley and her family On the wall of St Peter's churchyard

Keith Edkins, From geograph.org.uk, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Mary Shelley: Bus heading towards The Mary Shelley, Data from Geograph: Description: SZ0891 :: Bus heading towards The Mary Shelley, n

Bus heading towards The Mary Shelley, Data from Geograph: Description: SZ0891 :: Bus heading towards The Mary Shelley, near to Bournemouth, Great Britain ICBM : 50.720899875956, -1

Basher Eyre, From geograph.org.uk ; transferred by User:Ultra7 using geograph_org2commons ., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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