the godwins were constantly in debt, so godwin returned to writing to support the family. he and his wife started a "juvenile library" for which he wrote children's books. in 1807, when fanny was 13, they moved from the polygon, where godwin had lived with wollstonecraft, to 41 skinner street, near clerkenwell, in the city's bookselling district. this took the family away from the fresh country air and into the dirty, smelly, inner streets of london. although initially successful, the business gradually failed. the godwins also continued to borrow more money than they could afford from generous friends such as publisher joseph johnson and godwin devotee francis place.