Life With Mary Shelley and Her Friends
As a teenaged published author in London with a father who had already achieved some professional and social success, Rennie appears to have had many admirers and friends, including Mary Shelley and her literary set. In "Traits of Character" she describes a meeting with the Duke of Wellington with whom she discussed her father and his support of William Wilberforce and the anti-slavery movement. Her idealism and campaigning activities also extended to animal rights activism and other causes. She was a regular churchgoer, and she was also interested in Spiritualism.
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