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Mary Shelley

And what, may I ask, would you constituteas "substantial" in your eyes?

And what, may I ask, would you constitute
as "substantial" in your eyes?

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And what, may I ask, would you constitute as "substantial" in your eyes?
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5 seconds
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61
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:35
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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.
Now may I steal Mr. Shelley away? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Now may I steal Mr. Shelley away?
- We would love a poem, sir. - Certainly, sir. - Mary Shelley 00:04
- We would love a poem, sir. - Certainly, sir.
Without an audience, ideas remain mere words on a page. - Mary Shelley 00:06
Without an audience, ideas remain mere words on a page.
- SERVANT WOMAN: Mr. Shelley, your essay. - Oh, I have no need for those. - Mary Shelley 00:05
- SERVANT WOMAN: Mr. Shelley, your essay. - Oh, I have no ne...
Thank you. I shall trust in the spark of new found inspiration. - Mary Shelley 00:06
Thank you. I shall trust in the spark of new found inspirati...
Oh, not the visioned poet in his dreams... - Mary Shelley 00:05
Oh, not the visioned poet in his dreams...
...when silvery clouds float through the wildered brain... - Mary Shelley 00:05
...when silvery clouds float through the wildered brain...
...when every sight of lovely, wild and grand... - Mary Shelley 00:06
...when every sight of lovely, wild and grand...
...so fair, so wild a shape... - Mary Shelley 00:04
...so fair, so wild a shape...
...hath ever yet beheld as that which reined the coursers of the air... - Mary Shelley 00:05
...hath ever yet beheld as that which reined the coursers of...
...and poured the magic of her gaze... - Mary Shelley 00:04
...and poured the magic of her gaze...
[DRAMATIC, ROMANTIC MUSIC] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[DRAMATIC, ROMANTIC MUSIC]
COLERIDGE: [RECITING] Alone, alone, all alone... - Mary Shelley 00:10
COLERIDGE: [RECITING] Alone, alone, all alone...
- ...on my soul in agony. - [MAN LAUGHING] - Mary Shelley 00:08
- ...on my soul in agony. - [MAN LAUGHING]
- It's Scotland, what do you expect? - So I say to you... - Mary Shelley 00:04
- It's Scotland, what do you expect? - So I say to you....
...if all things come from God and we all come from God... - Mary Shelley 00:04
...if all things come from God and we all come from God...
When we think, do we not behold the very thoughts of God? - Mary Shelley 00:04
When we think, do we not behold the very thoughts of God?
- Can't say I feel like much of a god. - Your body is tired, Baxter... - Mary Shelley 00:04
- Can't say I feel like much of a god. - Your body is t...
[BIRDS CHIRPING] - Mary Shelley 00:05
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
...I thought Coleridge was much more captivating when I was a child. - Mary Shelley 00:06
...I thought Coleridge was much more captivating when I was ...