- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA); 1 edition (Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0763608351
- ISBN-13: 978-0763608354
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 0.9 x 27.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 955,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Haunting and deeply moving - a beautifully illustrated, fictionalized account of a formative time in the life of the teenage girl who wrote our most enduring horror story.
Long before Mary Shelley published her Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein, in 1818, at the age of nineteen, she shared fireside ghost tales at the home of family friends in Scotland. It was there that the headstrong girl - orphaned by her mother, spurned by her stepmother, and sent away by her father - spent two of her happiest teenage years. The brooding Scottish landscape and warm family atmosphere so influenced the author’s life and art that some believe her famous novel took root there. To illuminate this period in Mary Shelley’s life, Sharon Darrow skillfully spins fiction from fact. Her words are masterfully matched by Angela Barrett’s exquisite, atmospheric, authentically detailed illustrations. The result is a rich tapestry of stories within stories - those told, those written, and more extraordinary, those lived.
Long before Mary Shelley published her Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein, in 1818, at the age of nineteen, she shared fireside ghost tales at the home of family friends in Scotland. It was there that the headstrong girl - orphaned by her mother, spurned by her stepmother, and sent away by her father - spent two of her happiest teenage years. The brooding Scottish landscape and warm family atmosphere so influenced the author’s life and art that some believe her famous novel took root there. To illuminate this period in Mary Shelley’s life, Sharon Darrow skillfully spins fiction from fact. Her words are masterfully matched by Angela Barrett’s exquisite, atmospheric, authentically detailed illustrations. The result is a rich tapestry of stories within stories - those told, those written, and more extraordinary, those lived.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Award-winning illustrator Angela Barrett utilizes luminous watercolor illustrations to vivify the life of Mary Shelley. Author Darrow skillfully weaves some fictionalized accounts into the facts known about Mary Shelley's life.
Born August 30, 1797, Mary was the child of two famous writers, philosopher William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Sadly, the elder Mary died only a few days after her daughter's birth.
As a child Mary told stories, often ghost stories, and she spoke of a girl who could not forget the mother she had never known. She also read the books written by her parents in which they envisioned a better world with education and freedom for all.
Her relationship with her father was to change when he remarried. There were disagreements between young Mary and her stepmother. So, at the age of fourteen she was sent to Scotland to live with friends, the Baxters.
One can imagine that the child was bereft; she had lost her mother and now her father turned from her. But the Baxters offered her not only love but intellectual stimulation as well. Some are of the opinion that Mary's Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein, began to grow in her mind during this time.
Mary later eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was to write novels, plays, stories, and poems. Today, some 200 years after her birth, she is well remembered.
"Through the Tempests Dark and Wild" is masterfully presented, and would be a valuable addition to the libraries of all young readers.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
VALUABLE FOR ALL YOUNG READERS
25 Feb 2003
Format:Hardcover
Award-winning illustrator Angela Barrett utilizes luminous watercolor illustrations to vivify the life of Mary Shelley. Author Darrow skillfully weaves some fictionalized accounts into the facts known about Mary Shelley's life.
Born August 30, 1797, Mary was the child of two famous writers, philosopher William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Sadly, the elder Mary died only a few days after her daughter's birth.
As a child Mary told stories, often ghost stories, and she spoke of a girl who could not forget the mother she had never known. She also read the books written by her parents in which they envisioned a better world with education and freedom for all.
Her relationship with her father was to change when he remarried. There were disagreements between young Mary and her stepmother. So, at the age of fourteen she was sent to Scotland to live with friends, the Baxters.
One can imagine that the child was bereft; she had lost her mother and now her father turned from her. But the Baxters offered her not only love but intellectual stimulation as well. Some are of the opinion that Mary's Gothic masterpiece, Frankenstein, began to grow in her mind during this time.
Mary later eloped with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was to write novels, plays, stories, and poems. Today, some 200 years after her birth, she is well remembered.
"Through the Tempests Dark and Wild" is masterfully presented, and would be a valuable addition to the libraries of all young readers.
- Gail Cooke
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Through the Tempests...
10 Feb 2012
Format:Hardcover
I would recommend this book for children ages 7 to 10, who want to become writers, historians of literature, or who just love history.
I would categorize this book as historical fiction, because it talks about Mary Shelley, an actual person.
Although the graphics, (illustrations) are meant for younger children, the content is probably for a bit more elder children who will be able to grasp a concept of this book.
Contradicting this, these characteristics of this book allow younger readers to learn more about Mary Shelley. Also, at least everyone has heard of the story of Frankenstein, and the kids (7-10) who really enjoy this tale can at least get more in depth with the author including basic information.
Review by YM Agnes, age 11
I would categorize this book as historical fiction, because it talks about Mary Shelley, an actual person.
Although the graphics, (illustrations) are meant for younger children, the content is probably for a bit more elder children who will be able to grasp a concept of this book.
Contradicting this, these characteristics of this book allow younger readers to learn more about Mary Shelley. Also, at least everyone has heard of the story of Frankenstein, and the kids (7-10) who really enjoy this tale can at least get more in depth with the author including basic information.
Review by YM Agnes, age 11
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
EXCEPTIONAL!
14 April 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
WHAT a book! Hauntingly illustrated and absolutely riveting, this book entranced me, never mind my daughter (who has since named her toy lamb Mary Shelley).
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