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If I'm old enough to bear children, I'm old enough to put pen to paper
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Mary Shelley

If I'm old enough to bear children,I'm old enough to put pen to paper

If I'm old enough to bear children,
I'm old enough to put pen to paper

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If I'm old enough to bear children, I'm old enough to put pen to paper.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
01:38:17
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.
Curious subject matter for a young lady, wouldn't you say? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Curious subject matter for a young lady, wouldn't you s...
And when that young lady just happens to be the wife, uh... - Mary Shelley 00:05
And when that young lady just happens to be the wife, uh...
Are you suggesting the work belongs to Mr. Shelley? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Are you suggesting the work belongs to Mr. Shelley?
...perhaps there are some other writings of yours that I could compare it to? - Mary Shelley 00:05
...perhaps there are some other writings of yours that I cou...
Did you ask this of Mr. Shelley when he first presented his work to you? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Did you ask this of Mr. Shelley when he first presented his ...
Or do you save this insult for young women? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Or do you save this insult for young women?
And you dare to question a woman's ability... - Mary Shelley 00:04
And you dare to question a woman's ability...
...to experience loss, death... - Mary Shelley 00:04
...to experience loss, death...
Which you would have realized if you'd employed the time judging the work... - Mary Shelley 00:05
Which you would have realized if you'd employed the tim...
Did you finish it - Mary Shelley 00:34
Did you finish it
[DOOR CLOSES] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[DOOR CLOSES]
I've never read such a perfect encapsulation... - Mary Shelley 00:05
I've never read such a perfect encapsulation...
I wonder - Mary Shelley 00:12
I wonder
[ECHOING VOICES] Dear Madam, thank you for sending us your manuscript... - Mary Shelley 00:32
[ECHOING VOICES] Dear Madam, thank you for sending us your m...
The Lackington Group will publish it. 500 copies will be printed. - Mary Shelley 00:06
The Lackington Group will publish it. 500 copies will be pri...
It will be published anonymously, provided you write the introduction. - Mary Shelley 00:05
It will be published anonymously, provided you write the int...
Well, of course. I'd be delighted. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Well, of course. I'd be delighted.
How is it possible that you still don't understand? - Mary Shelley 00:04
How is it possible that you still don't understand?
You want me to abandon my claim to it because my gender might spoil its success. - Mary Shelley 00:05
You want me to abandon my claim to it because my gender migh...
Not once do you ever think about the consequences of your actions! - Mary Shelley 00:05
Not once do you ever think about the consequences of your ac...