In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein
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In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson
Mary Shelley as never before - a new biography that shows the woman behind Frankenstein
If we get another literary biography in 2018 as astute and feelingful as this one, we shall be lucky-- John Carey * Sunday Times *
Sampson is as adept as Frankenstein himself, giving life to a figure who convincingly aches and bleeds ... the landscapes and interiors within which Sampson's subject moves are as crisply rendered as Frankenstein's own plane of Arctic ice. * Guardian *
Fiona Sampson is a sleuth of a biographer ... rarely has my jaw dropped on so many occasions while reading a biography. * Daily Mail *
Gripping ... Sampson has written a fascinating book * The Times *
A daringly swift and enjoyably irreverent retelling of Shelley's life * Observer *
Astonishing scenes are laid before the reader in the manner of vivid tableaux ... fascinating and ambitious. * Irish Times *
[Gives] very real and valuable and sharp insights into the creative process of a work of genius. * Herald *
It is a passionate demonstration of the elements that have kept her story vibrant for 200 years. It is moving, it is alive, it is a success. -- Elaine Showalter * Spectator *
A fresh, clever and intuitive account of the mind from which Frankenstein emerged. * Irish Times *
Fiona Sampson's study manages to illuminate her subject in prose that is both insightful and elegant. * The i *
Powerful and contentious, waspish and insightful, this new account imbues both [Percy and Mary Shelley] with startling new life. * Catholic Herald *
Sampson is as adept as Frankenstein himself, giving life to a figure who convincingly aches and bleeds ... the landscapes and interiors within which Sampson's subject moves are as crisply rendered as Frankenstein's own plane of Arctic ice. * Guardian *
Fiona Sampson is a sleuth of a biographer ... rarely has my jaw dropped on so many occasions while reading a biography. * Daily Mail *
Gripping ... Sampson has written a fascinating book * The Times *
A daringly swift and enjoyably irreverent retelling of Shelley's life * Observer *
Astonishing scenes are laid before the reader in the manner of vivid tableaux ... fascinating and ambitious. * Irish Times *
[Gives] very real and valuable and sharp insights into the creative process of a work of genius. * Herald *
It is a passionate demonstration of the elements that have kept her story vibrant for 200 years. It is moving, it is alive, it is a success. -- Elaine Showalter * Spectator *
A fresh, clever and intuitive account of the mind from which Frankenstein emerged. * Irish Times *
Fiona Sampson's study manages to illuminate her subject in prose that is both insightful and elegant. * The i *
Powerful and contentious, waspish and insightful, this new account imbues both [Percy and Mary Shelley] with startling new life. * Catholic Herald *
Fiona Sampson is a prize-winning poet and writer. She has been published in more than thirty languages and received an MBE for services to literature. A Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, and the recipient of a number of national and international honours for her poetry, she has worked as an editor, translator, and university professor as well as a violinist.
www.fionasampson.co.uk
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781255285 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781255288 |
| Title | In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein |
| Author | Fiona Sampson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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