Maryshelley

Mary Shelley - A case of bad luck

  • Born as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in London

  • 1) Mary Wollstonecraft dies

  • William Godwin marries a widow named Mary Jane Clairmont

  • Gives birth to Clara prematurely

  • 2) Clara I dies

  • Gives birth to William

  • 3) Half-sister Fanny Imlay Godwin commits suicide

  • 4) Shelley's wife Harriet Westbrook commits suicide

  • Gives birth to Clara Everina

  • 5) Clara Everina contracts dysentery and dies

  • 6) William dies of malaria

  • Gives birth to Percy Florence

  • 7)Percy Shelley drowns in the Gulf of Spezia

  • Dies as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley