Tales and Stories — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

It is customary t is customary to regard Mary Shelley s cla ims to literary distinction as so entirely rooted and grounded in her husband s as to constitute a me rely parasitic growth upon his fame It may be un reservedly admitted that her association with Shel ley and her care of his writings and memory after his death are the strongest of her titles to rememb rance It is further undeniable that the most origi nal of her works is also that which betrays the stron gest traces of his influence Frankenstein was written when her brain magnetized by his companions hip was capable of an effort never to be repeated