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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_Jane_GodwinMary Jane Godwin - Wikipedia

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   Mary Jane Godwin (née de Vial; pseudonymed Mary Jane Clairmont; 1768 – 17 June 1841) was an English author, publisher, and bookseller. She was the second wife of William Godwin and stepmother to Mary Shelley.

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3. knarf.english.upenn.edu › People › mjclairMary Jane Clairmont Godwin - University of Pennsylvania

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   Mary Jane Clairmont Godwin, 1766 - 1841, mother of Charles and Claire Clairmont and the second wife of William Godwin. Little is known about her early life before she and Godwin were married in December 1801. It is assumed from the fact that they were married twice on the same day that she was never legally married to Charles Gaulis Clairmont ...

4. british-travel-writing.org › authors › 1055Mary Jane Godwin | British Travel Writing

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   Mary Jane Godwin | British Travel Writing. Godwin, Mary Jane née Vial, previously Clairmont, 1766—1841. by Benjamin Colbert. Mary Jane Vial Godwin was probably born in Exeter, the daughter of Peter de Vial (d. 1791), a French ordinance merchant, and his first wife, Mary de Vial, née Tremlett (1740–74).

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   Who was Mary Jane Godwin's second wife?

   • Godwin's second wife, Mary Jane Clairmont, had a chequered past history. The two children she brought to her marriage were probably born outside wedlock, and perhaps had different fathers. Jump, Harriet Devine. “Monstrous Stepmother: Mary Shelley and Mary Jane Godwin”. Women’s Writing, No. 3, pp. 297 -08. She was a devoted...

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   Who were Mary Jane Clairmont and William Godwin?

   • The Polygon ( at left) in Somers Town, London, between Camden Town and St Pancras, where Mary Jane Clairmont and William Godwin were neighbours. Mary Jane de Vial was born in Exeter in 1768, probably the daughter of merchant Peter de Vial and his wife Mary (née Tremlett).

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   Why did Mary Jane Godwin lose her reputation?

   • The ultimate conclusion of the article is that Mary Jane Godwin's reputation suffered badly as a result of attempts by late nineteenth-century biographers to whiten Shelley's name at the expense of the Godwin family. “A woman I shudder to think of”, Mary Shelley wrote of her stepmother, Mary Jane Clairmont Godwin, in 1814.

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   What did William Godwin do for a living?

   • WG and his second wife, Mary Jane Godwin, set up the Juvenile Library (a shop selling children's books and school supplies), and a publishing house to supply stock for it. Their shop had the... William Godwin and his second wife, Mary Jane, moved their children's bookshop, the Juvenile Library , to a new address, 41 Skinner Street.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mary_ShelleyMary Shelley - Wikipedia

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   Signature. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ( UK: / ˈwʊlstənkrɑːft /; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who is best known for writing the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. [2]

7. www.tandfonline.com › doi › absMonstrous stepmother: Mary Shelley and Mary Jane Godwin

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   Dec 19, 2006 · Read this article. “A woman I shudder to think of”, Mary Shelley wrote of her stepmother, Mary Jane Clairmont Godwin, in 1814. This article examines the relationship between the two Marys – one the daughter of the celebrated, intellectual, charming Mary Wollstonecraft, the other the woman who stepped into her shoes, married her widower ...

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8. www.wikiwand.com › en › Mary_Jane_GodwinMary Jane Godwin - Wikiwand

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   Mary Jane Godwin (née de Vial; pseudoymned Mary Jane Clairmont; 1768 – 17 June 1841) was an English author, publisher, and bookseller. She was the second wife of William Godwin and stepmother to Mary Shelley. Early life.

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   Occupation. William Godwin. WG and his second wife, Mary Jane Godwin, set up the Juvenile Library (a shop selling children's books and school supplies), and a publishing house to supply stock for it. View scholar note.