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MARY: I'm free to write what I please
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Mary Shelley

I'm free to write what I please. Like a torrent of lightpoured into a dark world. All...

MARY: I'm free to write what I please. Like a torrent of light
poured into a dark world. All around me I see bliss,
'cause I now know what it is to love... - SHELLEY: Its very essence is liberty.
- MARY: ...and be loved. SHELLEY: It is comparable neither
with obedience, jealousy nor fear. It is there, most pure,
perfect and unlimited. ...close round the dying girl

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MARY: I'm free to write what I please.
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Like a torrent of light poured into a dark world.
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All around me I see bliss, 'cause I now know what it is to love...
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- SHELLEY: Its very essence is liberty. - MARY: ...and be loved.
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SHELLEY: It is comparable neither with obedience, jealousy nor fear.
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It is there, most pure, perfect and unlimited.
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...close round the dying girl.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:41
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.
[PRETENDING TO CHOKE] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[PRETENDING TO CHOKE]
...and dance, through the dance. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...and dance, through the dance.
They dance through the weary Whirl. - Mary Shelley 00:05
They dance through the weary Whirl.
Patience, patience, though my heart is breaking. - Mary Shelley 00:05
Patience, patience, though my heart is breaking.
...of thy body thou art quit and free. - Mary Shelley 00:05
...of thy body thou art quit and free.
Heaven keep thy soul eternally! - Mary Shelley 00:05
Heaven keep thy soul eternally!
Would it be unwise to ask how it went today? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Would it be unwise to ask how it went today?
He says I've disgraced his name because of the scandal that surrounds us. - Mary Shelley 00:05
He says I've disgraced his name because of the scandal ...
There comes a time when we all have to let go of the things we hold dear. - Mary Shelley 00:05
There comes a time when we all have to let go of the things ...
It's your decision, Mary, and you must live with it. - Mary Shelley 00:05
It's your decision, Mary, and you must live with it.
He claims to love humanity yet forsakes his child. - Mary Shelley 00:04
He claims to love humanity yet forsakes his child.
VENDOR: So, do you want to sell it? - Mary Shelley 00:04
VENDOR: So, do you want to sell it?
- SHELLEY: Erasmus Darwin once wrote... - CLAIRE: Who is Erasmus Darwin? - Mary Shelley 00:04
- SHELLEY: Erasmus Darwin once wrote... - CLAIRE: Who is Era...
- SHELLEY: ...on my sister's cat. - CLAIRE: Oh, Shelley, you didn't! [GIGGLES] - Mary Shelley 00:12
- SHELLEY: ...on my sister's cat. - CLAIRE: Oh, Shelley...
I remembered a debt unpaid. I know how much you love science, Mary. - Mary Shelley 00:05
I remembered a debt unpaid. I know how much you love science...
[LAUGHS] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[LAUGHS]
Tomorrow we move to our new house in Bloomsbury. - Mary Shelley 00:05
Tomorrow we move to our new house in Bloomsbury.
Because how can we write if we are forced to tend to such domestic mundanities... - Mary Shelley 00:06
Because how can we write if we are forced to tend to such do...
You make everything seem possible. - Mary Shelley 00:04
You make everything seem possible.
- It's a step up from St. Pancras. - Welcome home, Mary. - Mary Shelley 00:06
- It's a step up from St. Pancras. - Welcome home, Mary...