{"product_id":"book-cm68","title":"Mary Shelley","description":"\u003cb\u003e‘The most dazzling biography of a female writer to have come my way for a decade…'\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘To be savoured for its vivid and sympathetic recreation of the tragic life and brilliant times of the gifted Mary Shelley’\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003cb\u003eBrilliant and enthralling' \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eIndependent On Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully vivid' \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive and richly woven biography of Mary Shelley, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe creator of the world’s most famous outsider became one herself … \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is no more dramatic scene in literary history than the stormy night by Lake Geneva when \u003cb\u003eByron\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eClaire Clairmont\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePolidori\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003eShelleys\u003c\/b\u003e met to talk of horror and the unexplained. From that emerged \u003cb\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/b\u003e, a monster who has haunted imaginations for two hundred years.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Miranda Seymour illustrates the rich and unexplored life of Mary Shelley. Everything from her childhood to her tempestuous relationship with Percy Shelley; Seymour brings to life the\u003cb\u003e brilliant mind \u003c\/b\u003ethat created \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003ethrough\u003cb\u003e unexplored \u003c\/b\u003eand intriguing sources. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The Mary Shelley we meet here is a woman we can engage with and understand. Her world, so rich in its settings and its cast of characters, seems drawn from a novel. She, at its centre, is \u003cb\u003eflawed\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e brave\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003egenerous\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eimpetuous\u003c\/b\u003e, a woman whose\u003cb\u003e dark and brilliant imagination\u003c\/b\u003e gave us a myth which seems ever more potent in our own era.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347044049200,"sku":"BDcm68","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cm68-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779109843","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cm68","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}