When was Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley married?

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (née Godwin) met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1812 and ran off with him to France in July 1814. The couple were married in 1816 after his first wife committed suicide. After his death in 1822, Mary returned to England and helped publicize his writings.

What is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley best known for?

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is best known for writing Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818, revised 1831), a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel. It is often considered an early example of science fiction. Shelley finished writing the first edition of Frankenstein when she was 19 years old.