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As a widow at age 24, Mary devoted herself to promoting her husband's poetry and preserving his place in literary history. For several years, Shelley faced some opposition from her late husband's father who had always disapproved his son's bohemian lifestyle. Mary Shelley died of brain cancer on February 1, 1851, at age 53, in London, England. She was buried at St. Peter's Church in Bournemouth, laid to rest with the cremated remains of her late husband's heart.

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Mary and Percy finally wed in December 1816. Two years later her book was released to the public anonymously and became a huge success. While Mary seemed devoted to her husband, she did not have the easiest marriage. Their marriage was tainted with adultery and heartache, including the death of two more of their children. Born in 1819, their son, Percy Florence, was the only child to live to adulthood. Mary's life was hurt by another tragedy in 1822 when her husband drowned.

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One summer  the Shelleys were in Switzerland with Jane Clairmont, Lord Byron and John Polidori. They were all telling scary ghost stories, when John Byron suggested that they should all try and write their own scary stories. It was at this time that Mary Shelley began work on what would become her most famous novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus.

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Mary and Percy traveled around around Europe for some time. While doing so, they struggled financially and lost a child the year of 1815.

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In 1814, Mary met a man named Percy Bysshe Shelley, a poet, and began to have a relationship with him.  Percy Shelley was a devoted student of her father, but he soon focused his attentions on Mary. Percy was still married to his first wife when he was engaged with Mary, so they both decided to flee to England. They were accompanied by Mary's stepsister Jane. Because of Mary's impulsive actions her and her father did not speak to each other for some time.

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During the summer of 1812, Shelley went to Scotland to stay with a friend of her father William Baxter and his family. There she felt a sense of family and love she had never felt before. Shelley returned to the Baxters' home the following year.

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Mary lived with her older half-sisters Fanny and Jane, her younger half-brother, and her step-mom. Mary did not get along well with any of her family members, except for her dad. Shelley did not recieve an education, but that didn't stop her from learning. She would always be found in her fathers extensive library. Mary was a daydreamer and loved to read.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born on August 30, 1797, in London, England.  She was the daughter of philosopher and political writer William Godwin and famed feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Her mother was the author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). Unfortunately Mary didnt know her mother well because she died soon after giving birth to her.