Mary Shelley was born and died in London ( 1797-1851 ) . From a very young age he became interested in literature and participated in the publication of the works of their parents , the philosopher William Godwin and feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, and her husband , the poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Besides Frankenstein , 1818 , which achieved great fame at the time of publication and became a universal reference work , he wrote other novels , several travel books, stories and poems.