Mary Shelley
Novelist

Mary Shelley Net Worth

Mary Shelley was a British author born on August 30, 1797 in London, England. She is best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein, but she also wrote other novels such as Valperga, Perkin Warbeck, and The Last Man. Her works have been widely read and studied for their influence on the horror and science fiction genres.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day August 30, 1797
Birth Place London, England
Age 222 YEARS OLD
Died On Feb 1, 1851 (age 53)
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $85 Million (2024)

About

British author best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein. Her less famous works include novels such as Valperga, Perkin Warbeck, and The Last Man.

Before Fame

She was tutored by a governess, and she also attended a boarding school for a time during her younger years. She met Percy Shelley, her Future husband and literary inspiration, when she was seventeen and he was an already-married twenty-two.

Trivia

Though she wrote several essays and novels throughout her lifetime, she was only known for Frankenstein until the 1970s, when there was a renewed interest in her other work. 

Family Life

Both of her parents were also Writers. Her father was Philosopher william Godwin and her mother was feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, who died just ten days after her birth. She married Percy Bysshe Shelley after bearing him an illegitimate child. 

Associated With

She famously created the story of Frankenstein during a scary story contest with her husband and poet Lord Byron.

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