Wikipedia). Sadly, ten days after giving birth to Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft passed away from enigmatic circumstances ("Mary Shelley." Wikipedia. Wikipedia). This left Shelley and her half-sister, Fanny Imlay in the care of their father William. Fanny just so happened to be Mary Wollstonecraft’s daughter whom she conceived after a scandalous affair with a soldier (Biography.com Editors. "Mary Shelley Biography"). When Shelley was merely a toddler, her father married his neighbor, Mary Jane Clairmont (Biography.com Editors. "Mary Shelley Biography").
Wikipedia). Sadly, ten days after giving birth to Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft passed away from enigmatic circumstances ("Mary Shelley." Wikipedia. Wikipedia). This left Shelley and her half-sister, Fanny Imlay in the care of their father William. Fanny just so happened to be Mary Wollstonecraft’s daughter whom she conceived after a scandalous affair with a soldier (Biography.com Editors. "Mary Shelley Biography"). When Shelley was merely a toddler, her father married his neighbor, Mary Jane Clairmont (Biography.com Editors. "Mary Shelley Biography").