Mary and Frankenstein: The true story of Mary Shelley

Linda Bailey

Mary and Frankenstein: The true story of Mary Shelley
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Andersen Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 September 2019
Pages
48
ISBN
9781783447633

Mary and Frankenstein: The true story of Mary Shelley

Linda Bailey

It began with a girl named Mary.

She liked to daydream and imagine. And she grew up to write Frankenstein. 

The inspirational true story of the great writer Mary Shelley, brought to life for children in this stunning picture book by multi-award winning author Linda Bailey and with beautiful illustrations from Julia Sarda. 

Mary loves stories, but the stories in her daydreams are far more thrilling than those in any book. After a troubled childhood, Mary runs away to Switzerland with the famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, her step-sister in tow.

One dark and stormy night at his house by the lake, they huddle around the fire, telling ghost stories. But Mary can imagine better than those! After learning about electricity that can make dead frogs twitch, she has a nightmare that triggers the birth of one of the greatest scary stories of all time: Frankenstein… 

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