Washington Irving and fellow American writer John H. Payne were said to have competed for the affection of the author of Frankenstein during a visit to France from 1824 to 1826.
Mary’s husband Percy Shelley had died two years earlier.
Washington Irving and fellow American writer John H. Payne were said to have competed for the affection of the author of Frankenstein during a visit to France from 1824 to 1826.
Mary’s husband Percy Shelley had died two years earlier.