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and has just published his first book. So I thought we would throw him a party
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Mary Shelley

And has just published his first book.So I thought we would throw him a party

and has just published his first book.
So I thought we would throw him a party

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...and has just published his first book. So I thought we would throw him a party...
Duration
6 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:06
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
HanWay Films,Gidden Media,Parallel Films,BFI,Ralfish Films,Bac Cinema,Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland,Film Fund Luxembourg,Head Gear Films,Metrol Technology

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Movie Summary

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.
Ma'am, how many guests are we expecting this evening? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Ma'am, how many guests are we expecting this evening?
Percy, there's no way we can afford to pay it back. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Percy, there's no way we can afford to pay it back.
Come on. Come here. Come. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Come on. Come here. Come.
[LAUGHING] - Mary Shelley 00:05
[LAUGHING]
I'm sorry it's not much of a celebration, Mr. Hogg. - Mary Shelley 00:04
I'm sorry it's not much of a celebration, Mr. Hogg...
We began writing a novel together back at Oxford but publishers deemed it too subversive. - Mary Shelley 00:05
We began writing a novel together back at Oxford but publish...
We had more success with our treatise which we wrote anonymously... - Mary Shelley 00:04
We had more success with our treatise which we wrote anonymo...
- '...The Necessity of Atheism'. - Because it was published? - Mary Shelley 00:05
- '...The Necessity of Atheism'. - Because it was ...
[LAUGHTER] - Mary Shelley 00:05
[LAUGHTER]
What's the point of being published if you don't have your name on it? Why bother? - Mary Shelley 00:05
What's the point of being published if you don't h...
Soon Mary will produce a work that will surpass all of us. - Mary Shelley 00:05
Soon Mary will produce a work that will surpass all of us.
How about you, Miss Clairmont? Do you write or are there other tricks you perform? - Mary Shelley 00:05
How about you, Miss Clairmont? Do you write or are there oth...
- Claire is an accomplished singer. - So she says. I'm yet to hear it. - Mary Shelley 00:06
- Claire is an accomplished singer. - So she says. I'm ...
She has spirit this one, I can see why you keep her. - Mary Shelley 00:04
She has spirit this one, I can see why you keep her.
# A sweet scented courtier did give me a kiss # - Mary Shelley 00:35
# A sweet scented courtier did give me a kiss #
- Would you care to wait? - I should like that very much, Mary. - Mary Shelley 00:04
- Would you care to wait? - I should like that very much, Ma...
Ledgers. But it might as well be Latin. - Mary Shelley 00:05
Ledgers. But it might as well be Latin.
- Are you schooled in Latin? - Yes, my father insisted upon it. - Mary Shelley 00:05
- Are you schooled in Latin? - Yes, my father insisted upon ...
I fear my Latin is not what it was when I was at Oxford. - Mary Shelley 00:04
I fear my Latin is not what it was when I was at Oxford.
[QUIET, OMINOUS MUSIC] - Mary Shelley 00:06
[QUIET, OMINOUS MUSIC]