Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on the 30th August 1797, in London England and died on the 1st of February 1851, London. She was an English romantic novelist best known for her grounbreaking work “Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus”, which is considered a pioneering work of science fiction by many. Beyond “Frankenstein”, Shelley’s literary output was diverse and influential. She was a prolific writer producing novels, short stories and travel writings.
Early life she was the only daughter of the philosopher William Godwin and the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, who died shortly after Mary’s birth. Shelley had a tumultuous chilhood. Her father remaried when she was four years old and she had a strained relationship with her stepmother. At the age of 16 she fell in love with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and later in 1814 they ran away together to France causing a great scandal. In 1816 they got married and travelled to Switzerland where they spent time with other writters and poets among which the other romanntic poet Byron. It was during this trip tha Mary Shelley conceived the idea for what was to become her most famous litterary work. The novel was published anonymously in 1818, Mary was just 20 years old.
Later that year the couple moved to Italy but her life was to be marked by many tragedies firstly she lost a child then in 1822, her husband Percy Shelley drowned in a boating accident in the bay of Lerici on the north western coast of Italy. She was left to raise her only son Florence on her own, therefore she returned to England the same year. Mary continued to write short stories and biographies and dedicated herself to publishing her late husband’s works whilst educating her only surviving child, but unfortunately she never the same level of fame as her husband. Despite the many obstacles she had to overcome, she left an incredible on literature with the “Modern Prometheus” which continues to captivate readers and inspire new interpretations of the novel to this day. Mary Shelley died at the age of 53 in London, and is burried besides her husband in the Protestant Cemetry in Rome.
Pride and Prejudice
In a series of letters, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister back in England the progress of his dangerous mission. Successful early on, the mission is soon interrupted by seas full of impassable ice. Trapped, Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog-drawn sledge across the ice and is weakened by the cold. Walton takes him aboard ship, helps nurse him back to health, and hears the fantastic tale of The Monster that Frankenstein created.
Victor first describes his early life in Geneva. At the end of a blissful childhood spent in the company of Elizabeth Lavenza (his cousin in the 1818 edition, his adopted sister in the 1831 edition) and friend Henry Clerval, Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. There, he is consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life and, after several years of research, becomes convinced that he has found it.
Armed with the knowledge he has long been seeking, Victor spends months feverishly fashioning a creature out of old body parts. One climactic night, in the secrecy of his apartment, he brings his creation to life. When he looks at the monstrosity that he has created, however, the sight horrifies him. After a fitful night of sleep, interrupted by the specter of the monster looming over him, he runs into the streets, eventually wandering in remorse. Victor runs into Henry, who has come to study at the university, and he takes his friend back to his apartment. Though the monster is gone, Victor falls into a feverish illness.