MS
, now in Florence and for five months childless, bore a second son, Percy Florence
, her only offspring to survive.
Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Frankenstein, edited by David Lorne Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf, Broadview, 1994, pp. 11-43.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Shelley
MS
's father-in-law, Sir Timothy Shelley, died, and her son, Percy Florence Shelley
, inherited the estate: from now on she was comfortably off.
Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Lodore, edited by Lisa Vargo, Broadview, 1997, pp. 9-45.
45
Residence
Mary Shelley
The day after the baptism of her two-month-old baby, Percy Florence
, MS
moved with her husband
and son from Florence to Pisa in first an uncomfortable boat and then a jolting carriage.
Shelley, Mary. The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844. Editors Feldman, Paula R. and Diana Scott-Kilvert, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
307
Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Frankenstein, edited by David Lorne Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf, Broadview, 1994, pp. 11-43.
42
Residence
Mary Shelley
MS
and her son
arrived back in London after the month of travelling which closed the five momentous years in Italy, where two of her children and her husband had died.
Shelley, Mary. The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814-1844. Editors Feldman, Paula R. and Diana Scott-Kilvert, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
468n1
Travel
Mary Shelley
MS
, with her son Percy
and some friends of his, travelled in Europe.
Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Frankenstein, edited by David Lorne Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf, Broadview, 1994, pp. 11-43.
43
Wealth and Poverty
Mary Shelley
MS
's father-in-law, Sir Timothy Shelley, offered to support her orphaned son, Percy Florence
, but only if she relinquished her claim to him.
Shelley, Mary. “Chronology”. The Journals of Mary Shelley: 1814-1844, edited by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, p. xxxvii - xlii.