Possibly even more interesting than the story within Frankenstein is the story of its author, Mary Shelley.. Born Mary ...

It’s been over 200 years since Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein was ... copied from a miniature painted in Geneva, in the summer of 1816. MARY GODWIN’S ... at the English Opera House, ...

Mary Shelley’s father, novelist William Godwin, socialized with several people with scientific backgrounds. ... In 1816, the soon-to-be-married couple vacationed at Lake Geneva.

In the summer of 1816, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, poet Lord Byron, and physician John Polidori traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, for one of the most important vacations in literary history.

William Collins has triumphed in a six-way auction for Andrew Stauffer’s narrative history of the summer of 1816 and the ...

David Catlin's “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” on stage at the Merrimack Repertory in Lowell, blends facts and folkloric accounts of the party, including the challenge for guests to write a ...

A Texas astronomer has used science to confirm one of the most famous tales in western literature, the "bright and shining moon" over Lake Geneva that inspired an 18-year-old Mary Shelley to write ...

A Dutch novelist envisions the creation of “Frankenstein,” Shelley’s most famous work. By Harriet Lane MARY AND THE BIRTH OF FRANKENSTEIN, by Anne Eekhout. Translated by Laura Watkinson. The ...

In theory, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was meant to fit snugly beside those efforts and other trendy lunges toward literary prestige in the industry.In fact, after Coppola elected to not direct ...

Madeline Calais-King portrays Mary Shelley in the Cleveland Play House production of “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” (Roger Mastroianni) By John Benson. UPDATED: October 23, 2023 at 11:07 AM EDT.

Mary, or The Birth of Frankenstein is a little masterpiece of suspense-filled gothic fiction, a historical novel that explores the seeding of this extraordinary book in Mary Shelley’s young mind.