Category Archives: Claire Clairmont

WATCH: ‘Almost Invincible’ – An impressive fictional tale of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, who led a creative but tragedy-scarred life.

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Suzanne Burdon
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Mary Shelley dies at 53 from a brain tumour.

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Suzanne Burdon

Mary Shelley died on 1st February 1851 at 53 from a ‘Disease of the Brain Supposed Tumour in left hemisphere.’ She had been suffering from severe headaches for many years. Before her death she had been living with her son, … Continue reading →

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Sorry, Mary Shelley, I missed your birthday! Belated remembrances for August 30th!

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Suzanne Burdon

On that day, Tuesday, in 1814, Mary, Shelley and Claire were travelling back to England through Germany, after their elopement, on a boat on the Rhine. Mary turned seventeen. The river was “violent”and “swollen with high waves” Shelley wrote in … Continue reading →

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Mary Shelley grew up in a household in 1814 that might be a social services case study today!

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Suzanne Burdon

Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, grew up as Mary Godwin in a family that was far from conventional. Many of today’s concerns – blended families, unconventional living arrangements, single mothers, child support, are all there in the Godwin household of … Continue reading →

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