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The Determined Heart
The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein | Antoinette May
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The Determined Heart reveals the life of Mary Shelley in a story of love and obsession, betrayal and redemption. The daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley had an unconventional childhood populated with the most talented and eccentric personalities of the time. After losing her mother at an early age, she finds herself in constant conflict with a resentful stepmother and a jealous stepsister. When she meets the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, she falls deeply in love, and they elope with disastrous consequences. Soon she finds herself destitute and embroiled in a torturous love triangle as Percy takes Mary's stepsister as a lover. Over the next several years, Mary struggles to write while she and Percy face ostracism, constant debt, and the heartbreaking deaths of three children. Ultimately, she achieves great acclaim for Frankenstein, but at what cost?
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youneverarrived
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All on my tbr #hearts #riotgrams 💕💕💕

Cathythoughts 💓💓💓 6y
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SheReadsAndWrites
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Used bookstore booty. All of them are signed by the author. 😎 #boostorebooty #signedcopies #goldmine

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roneea
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Just finished this and loved it! Usually not a fan of fictionalized biographies of authors lives but this moved me and made me cry. As a lit nerd, I loved reading about the Shelley's literary friends: Byron, Polidori, Coleridge and so many more. Loooooveeed

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BrainyHeroine
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What? 3 combo posts in a row?! That's what ya get when #RiotGram gives you a freebie and #FeistyFeb wants to talk about homage and fanfiction. And I just really love Frankenstein lol

LectricSheep I love Frankenstein too! I've never heard of The Determined Heart though. Thanks for the heads up! 😀 7y
BrainyHeroine @LectricSheep you're welcome! 7y
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Historical Fiction on the life of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. What a hectic and tangled life she led, so unhappy so much of the time. she just kept being used and used by seemingly everyone around her. The seeds for Frankenstein were planted early on in her life. Bysshe and Byron were both self-centered jerks, regardless of their brilliance, but it has made me more interested in reading some of their work as well as more of Mary's.

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Shaunesay
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still trying to get the hang of this, but it almost worked! lol!

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Shaunesay
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I checked this one out from Kindle Unlimited, as a bit of seasonal reading.

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KikiLovesBooks
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Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley!
I really loved this novel about her love affair and life with Percy Bysshe Shelley. Their relationship was romantic sometimes, but also sort of a disaster. A woman who was so before her time.

LeahBergen That sounds good! I find that I like to read a fun novel about a historical figure and then follow it up with a scholarly biography. 8y
brendanmleonard Thank you for this recommendation! 8y
KikiLovesBooks ❤️ 8y
BookishFeminist Oh I haven't heard of this one! Thanks for the rec!! 8y
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