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SHELLEY: Erasmus Darwin once wrote... - CLAIRE: Who is Erasmus Darwin?
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Mary Shelley

Erasmus Darwin once wrote... Who is Erasmus Darwin?

SHELLEY: Erasmus Darwin once wrote...
- CLAIRE: Who is Erasmus Darwin?

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- SHELLEY: Erasmus Darwin once wrote... - CLAIRE: Who is Erasmus Darwin?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:03
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.
- 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...
[GIGGLES] Stop. [LAUGHS] - Mary Shelley 00:06
[GIGGLES] Stop. [LAUGHS]
- What if I fail? - You think we can only learn by example? - Mary Shelley 00:05
- What if I fail? - You think we can only learn by example?
And that, my darling, you have in abundance. - Mary Shelley 00:04
And that, my darling, you have in abundance.
- As will our little girl. - You think it's a girl? - Mary Shelley 00:04
- As will our little girl. - You think it's a girl?
CLAIRE'S VOICE: [ECHOING] Take me with you, please, take me. - Mary Shelley 00:09
CLAIRE'S VOICE: [ECHOING] Take me with you, please, tak...
- No one, nothing. - MARY: It's one of your nightmares, Claire. - Mary Shelley 00:04
- No one, nothing. - MARY: It's one of your nightmares,...
- I will sit with her. - SHELLEY: No, no, I will take her to bed. - Mary Shelley 00:05
- I will sit with her. - SHELLEY: No, no, I will take her to...
[BIRDS CHIRPING] - Mary Shelley 00:04
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[DISHES CLATTERING] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[DISHES CLATTERING]
- CLAIRE: I am telling the truth. - Who's paying for it? I'm paying for it? - Mary Shelley 00:04
- CLAIRE: I am telling the truth. - Who's paying for it...
SHELLEY: You're gonna ruin me, Claire Clairmont. You're gonna ruin me. - Mary Shelley 00:04
SHELLEY: You're gonna ruin me, Claire Clairmont. You�...
- MARY: What's all this for? - Oh, there you are. Guess what? - Mary Shelley 00:05
- MARY: What's all this for? - Oh, there you are. Guess...
Tonight we are having a dinner party. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Tonight we are having a dinner party.