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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was a British novelist and a significant figure in Romantic literature, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She was born the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, a pioneer in the women’s rights movement, and naturally absorbed her mother’s feminist ideas, growing up with a keen interest in literature and philosophy. As a young woman, Mary met and fell in love with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom she later married. During her travels across Europe with her husband, she found inspiration in various places, particularly while staying at Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It was there, amidst literary exchanges and storytelling, that she conceived Frankenstein. This work explores scientific curiosity and moral responsibility and is recognized as a pioneering piece in modern science fiction.