Mary Shelley Author (1797–1851) Name: Mary Shelley Occupation: Author Birth date: August 30, 1797 Death Date: February 1, 1851 Place of birth: London, England, United Kingdom Place of death: London, England, United Kingdom Originally: Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin AKA: Mary Shelley Full name: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley English writer Mary Shelley is best known for her horror novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (1818). She was married to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Frankenstein The Romantic and Gothic novel Frankenstein is a romantic piece because it's about a monster that terrifies people, it contains each of the necessary emotional undertones, love, horror, & sorrow, therefore an example of romanticism.