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Mary Shelley

My contributionto this evening's entertainment

[WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY] My contribution
to this evening's entertainment

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My contribution to this evening's entertainment.
Duration
4 seconds
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65
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:48
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.
Isabel... who is that? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Isabel... who is that?
He thinks poetry should reform society, and so he's often in trouble. - Mary Shelley 00:04
He thinks poetry should reform society, and so he's oft...
- Let me introduce you to some friends. - BAXTER: There's someone I'd like you to meet. - Mary Shelley 00:05
- Let me introduce you to some friends. - BAXTER: There'...
- Percy, may I present Mary. Mary... - COLERIDGE: Baxter! Come and join us! - Mary Shelley 00:05
- Percy, may I present Mary. Mary... - COLERIDGE: Baxter! Co...
Oh, it's Coleridge. Mary, could you put these nameplates out, please? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Oh, it's Coleridge. Mary, could you put these nameplate...
Of course. Baxter mentioned you'd be joining the family here. - Mary Shelley 00:05
Of course. Baxter mentioned you'd be joining the family...
I am a great admirer of both your parents' work. - Mary Shelley 00:05
I am a great admirer of both your parents' work.
MARY: I hope I can entrust you to this task, Mr. Shelley. - Mary Shelley 00:04
MARY: I hope I can entrust you to this task, Mr. Shelley.
- Or will you try to incite me to revolution? - SHELLEY: My reputation precedes me. - Mary Shelley 00:05
- Or will you try to incite me to revolution? - SHELLEY: My ...
Won't you welcome a change from the deafening quiet? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Won't you welcome a change from the deafening quiet?
In London I spend most of my time in my father's bookshop. - Mary Shelley 00:04
In London I spend most of my time in my father's booksh...
So the deafening quiet is not as dramatic as you may think. - Mary Shelley 00:05
So the deafening quiet is not as dramatic as you may think.
Baxter does his best for these gatherings. Any lover of poetry will surely find a... - Mary Shelley 00:05
Baxter does his best for these gatherings. Any lover of poet...
...great thrill in the work that is being presented here. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...great thrill in the work that is being presented here.
Not really. Nothing substantial. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Not really. Nothing substantial.
And what, may I ask, would you constitute as "substantial" in your eyes? - Mary Shelley 00:05
And what, may I ask, would you constitute as "substanti...
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...