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Mary Shelley

Yes, I've been married for five years now

Yes, I've been married for five years now

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Yes, I've been married for five years now.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:16
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.
However, Mrs. Shelley and I are man and wife in name... only. - Mary Shelley 00:05
However, Mrs. Shelley and I are man and wife in name... only...
I continue to provide for Harriet and my daughter Ianthe financially but that is all. - Mary Shelley 00:05
I continue to provide for Harriet and my daughter Ianthe fin...
...to bind husband and wife to cohabitation... - Mary Shelley 00:04
...to bind husband and wife to cohabitation...
I remember saying something like that when I was young. - Mary Shelley 00:04
I remember saying something like that when I was young.
How could you not speak of Harriet and Ianthe? - Mary Shelley 00:04
How could you not speak of Harriet and Ianthe?
My marriage was a mistake. I believed that I'd found in Harriet a kindred spirit. - Mary Shelley 00:06
My marriage was a mistake. I believed that I'd found in...
But time revealed only an empty, heartless cynicism that consumed the both of us... - Mary Shelley 00:05
But time revealed only an empty, heartless cynicism that con...
...for the first time since my marriage, I felt alive. - Mary Shelley 00:05
...for the first time since my marriage, I felt alive.
And had you known I was married, propriety would have gotten the better of you. - Mary Shelley 00:05
And had you known I was married, propriety would have gotten...
I promise you it can be very easy to say that, but it can be very different to live it. - Mary Shelley 00:05
I promise you it can be very easy to say that, but it can be...
- Which is what I challenge you to do now. - You challenge me to what? - Mary Shelley 00:04
- Which is what I challenge you to do now. - You challenge m...
- To do what your heart is telling you to do... - [SHUSHING] - Mary Shelley 00:07
- To do what your heart is telling you to do... - [SHUSHING]
...new air to fill our lungs. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...new air to fill our lungs.
[QUIET, DRAMATIC MUSIC] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[QUIET, DRAMATIC MUSIC]
See a new life that is actually worth the living... - Mary Shelley 00:06
See a new life that is actually worth the living...
MARY: The air in this house was stifling long before Shelley... - Mary Shelley 00:05
MARY: The air in this house was stifling long before Shelley...
...but the fact that he comes here every day makes it even less bearable. - Mary Shelley 00:05
...but the fact that he comes here every day makes it even l...
[CHATTER] - Mary Shelley 00:05
[CHATTER]
I thought you and Mr. Godwin would be working through the afternoon. - Mary Shelley 00:05
I thought you and Mr. Godwin would be working through the af...
I'm afraid I don't feel up to much of anything today, Mrs. Godwin. - Mary Shelley 00:04
I'm afraid I don't feel up to much of anything tod...