Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who created one of the most enduring works of literature and science fiction. Born in 1797 to the philosopher William Godwin and the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, she wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus at the age of eighteen during a famous literary gathering at Lake Geneva. Published in 1818, the novel explores the moral consequences of scientific ambition through the story of a scientist who creates a living being and cannot face the consequences. Shelley also wrote other novels, short stories, and travel narratives. She died in 1851. Her audiobooks and books remain essential for readers and listeners interested in gothic fiction, science fiction, and one of literature's most powerful explorations of creation and responsibility.