Mary Shelley

/ˌmɛri ˌʃɛli/
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Definitions of Mary Shelley
  1. noun
    English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)
    synonyms: Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Shelley
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    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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