The Heart of the Matter
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189880)
Boise, Idaho
May 8, 2022 3:38pm CST
Most of us know who Mary(Wollstonecraft)Shelley is. She was the English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel, Frankenstein. She was married to Percy(Bysshe)Shelley who was a philosopher and romantic poet. But, did you know this about her: When her husband drowned in his boat in 1822 he was cremated. His heart refused to burn. Some Modern-day physicians feel it might be that it calcified because of his earlier bout with tuberculosis. His wife, Mary, kept the heart in a silken shroud and carried it with her for nearly 30 years. A year after her death in 1852, his heart was found on her desk wrapped in the pages of his last poems.
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@Deepizzaguy (122196)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 May 22
This post is amazing to learn about Mary Shelley keeping the heart of her deceased husband's heart in a silken shroud and carried it for 30 years.
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@BarBaraPrz (51823)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 May 22
Talk about carrying togetherness a little too far...
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
9 May 22
That's a little disturbing. I don't think I could keep my husband's heart around.
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@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
9 May 22
No, neither would I. She was a romantic to the tenth degree.
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