Tales and Stories - Paperback

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, which is considered an early example of science fiction. Her work is distinguished by themes of passion, peril, independent thought, and transformation. Her tales, set against varying backdrops of mediaeval chivalry, wars and revolutions of her time, and grandiose natural scenes, represent a high point in gothic storytelling art.