Claire Clairmont is Mary Shelley's stepsister. They both have the same father (William Godwin). They are eight months apart and eventually became best friends. Both Claire and Mary wanted to be recognized. Claire was an excellent singer and later on, ran away with Mary & Percy Bysshe Shelley. They couldn't take conditions being at home. They got sick of their father being in debt. Both Mary and Claire wandered across Europe. One night, they both decided to tell each other ghost stories. This very moment inspired Mary Shelley to write "Frankenstein". She found a lover who was named Lord Byron . They had a daughter named Allegra, who eventually died at a every young age in a convent. She kept many journals that can still be read online today. She died March 19th 1879, 28 years after Mary Shelley's death.
-Amanda Denett
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