History & The Arts
Mary Shelley: the expert view
...work, the co-authored text History of a Six Weeks Tour (published 1817), described some of their travels. [Manuscript page from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1816.] Manuscript page from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, 1816. In February 1815 Mary gave birth to Clara, who lived for only twelve days. Her journal shows that she was haunted by the sense that the death might have...