Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an influential English writer best known for her groundbreaking novel "Frankenstein." Born in 1797, she was the daughter of feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft and political philosopher William Godwin, which shaped her intellectual upbringing. Shelley began writing at a young age and was greatly influenced by the literary circles of her time, including her relationship with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she married. "Frankenstein," published in 1818, explores themes of creation,...