Mary Shelley Books In Order
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Frankenstein | (1818) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Man | (1826) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck | (1830) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lodore / The Beautiful Widow | (1835) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Falkner | (1837) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Proserpine and Midas | (1922) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Maurice, or The Fisher's Cot | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Mortal Immortal | (1831) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mourner and Other Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Transformation | (1831) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Invisible Girl, and The Dream | (1831) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Pilgrims | (1837) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Heir of Mondolfo | (1877) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of A Stepping Stone Book (TM) Books
Gulliver's Travels | (1726) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | (1831) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Les Misérables | (1862) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of the Elevator Duck | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frankenstein | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knights of the Round Table | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silver | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Minstrel in the Tower | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pioneer Cat | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens for Breakfast | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Treasure Island | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hannah | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens for Lunch | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aliens For Dinner | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Musketeers | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tooter Pepperday | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smasher | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blue Ribbon Blues | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man in the Iron Mask | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost Horse | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prince and the Pauper | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fossil Fever | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Escape South | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snake Camp | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Horses | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Miami Jackson Sees It Through | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Horn for Louis | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret of the Painted House | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Picture for Marc | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Jungle Book | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mermaids | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Spotlight for Harry | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Honey Cake | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anna Maria's Gift | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Very Little Princess | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Very Little Princess: Rose's Story | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last of the Mohicans | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stampede of the Supermarket Slugs | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Invasion of the Junkyard Hog | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Time to Be Brave | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
GoldieBlox Chapter Book #1 | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goldie Blox and the Best! Pet! Ever! | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goldie Blox and the Best Friend Fail! | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Goldie Blox and the Haunted Hacks!) | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | (1931) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witches' Brew | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dreaming Sex | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
50 Classic Novellas | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Classic Horror Anthology, Volume One | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Birthing Monsters: Frankenstein's Cabinet of Curiosities and Cruelties | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mary Shelley Horror Stories | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mary Shelley is one of the most famous writers of our and her time. Although she has written many novels, biographies and poems, we all know the name of the book that made her famous and respected among others. Even though it seemed like that at some point she had everything she wanted, this biography shows that her life was mostly tragical.
Mary Shelley was actually born as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on August 30th ,1797 in London. She was the a daughter of both Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, and she was their only daughter. Although the labour was not so complicated and difficult, sadly few days after the birth her mother got sick from placental infection which led to her death only eleven days after the birth of Mary Shelley.
Her mother Mary Wollstonecraft had another daughter with her lover Gilbert Imlay and they had a daughter called Fanny Godwin, who grew up with her younger sister Mary. Few years later in 1801, Mary’s father remarried to his neighbor May Jane Clairmont and then things have become more complicated because Mary Jane brought her two children Claire and Charles Clairmont into their house.
Two years later in 1803 another baby was born. His name was William Godwin Jr. and he was a fifth sibling in this family. Mary’s upbringing and childhood weren’t so typical, especially back then. Her father was widely known in London and she had a chance to meet different kinds of people, ranging from philosopher and poet Samuel Coleridge Taylor whom she heard recite the poem “The rime of ancient mariner” in the living room of her father of the scientists like the Humphry Davy and her father’s best friend William Nicholson and many others.
These people have left and trace in Mary’s life and also made a huge impact on her and her writing of one of the most popular books in the world called “Frankenstein”. Mary was really young when she had her first writing and publishing experience, because at the tender age of ten years old her witty and interesting poet called “Mounseer Nongtongpaw| “ or “The Discoveries of the John Bullon a trip going to Paris “ was printed by the Juvenile Library. By 1812, this poem had its fourth edition. It is interesting to mention that Juvenile Library was their main source of income back then, and that publishing firm was focused mostly on younger readers.
Back in 1812, Mary’s father sent her to visit Baxter family living in Dundee, a town in Scotland. He did that because he wanted to separate her from her step-mother whom she didn’t like at all. Luckily that trip was obviously a very wise decision and choice since Mary also gained a lot of experience during that visit.
There she stayed from June until November of 1812. The she came back in June 1813, and stayed there until March of 1814. She has developed a very strong and deep connection to Baxter’s daughter called Isabel and the two have soon become best friends.
Soon after she returned to her home Mary has become really close with her father’s admirer Bysshe Shelley whom she had met in the his wife Harriet’s firm in 1812. Percy has obviously put a spell on young Mary and the young couple soon fell in love with each other. In July the young couple, along with her step-sister Claire escaped to the continent.
Both of them had some things in common and one of them was definitely books. That’s why it was expected from them to write a travel book made out of the journal they’ve made while they were traveling. In 1817, Mary wrote and published a travel book called “History of the six weeks tour” while she was preparing her first novel for the press. Two months later, back in September 1814, the young couple came home unfortunately penniless and young Mary was sadly forced run away from lenders.
On the other hand her father was very hurt and offended and he didn’t even want to see her lover which, even worsen the situation because Mary was not even married and she was pregnant at the tender age of only seventeen. To make things even more difficult and complicated her friend called Isabel Baxter there after was forced to stop any communication with Mary by her family. After some next two years Mary was finally financially stable and she even had a small circle of friend. She was pregnant again, sadly her first child died after only three weeks but in January 1816, she gave birth to her son whom she gave her father’s name.
These years she spent near Windsor and it seemed like she was really happy in that period of time where she sets her first chapters of her next novel called “The Last Man” published in 1826. Even though her marriage seemed good and stable on the outside things aren’t always what they seem. Their marriage was full of scandals related to heartache and adultery including the death of one more child. And then in 1822, her husband died in a tragic way, he drowned.
Mary didn’t want to let him go, she wanted to preserve his place in history so she kept promoting his poetry and in that way she managed to keep him alive. The most famous novel of Mary Shelley was definitely “Frankenstein” even though some people thought that her husband wrote that novel, not her. She had many other popular novels such as “Valperga”, “The fortunes of Perkin Warbeck” published in 1830 and “Lodore” published in 1835 and “Falkner” published in 1837.
Even though these novels were praised and accepted among people, they were never as popular as Frankenstein. Mary didn’t write just novels, she has written prose, short stories, travel writings, biographies. It really seemed like Mary was really passionate about writing.
On February 1851, at only 53 years, Mary Shelley died of brain cancer, in London. She was buried in Bournemouth at St. Peter’s Church, and she was laid to rest right next to her mother and father and with the remains of her husband’s heart.
After approximately one century after her passing, one of her novels called “Mathilde” was finally released, but like we mentioned already her biggest success was definitely Frankenstein because that was the book that placed her among the legends.
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