Mary Shelley ... the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. They joined fellow poet Lord Byron at a Swiss villa for what was supposed to be a pleasant holiday on the shores of Lake Geneva.

it’s Mary Shelley’s creation that became the object of our fascination; she can rightfully call “Frankenstein” her own. The Martin Bodmer Foundation in Cologny, Geneva, is open Tuesday ...

made up that rather complicated house party. (If all this sounds like it should be a movie, rest assured that it soon will be: “Mary Shelley,” starring Elle Fanning in the title role ...

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

In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein ... the soon-to-be-married couple vacationed at Lake Geneva. During this trip, the poet Lord Byron and Percy Shelley discussed Erasmus Darwin ...

The place is Byron’s Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva ... Shelley, Dr. John Polidori, Claire Clairmont and the axis around whom all the others will revolve: Shelley’s future wife, Mary Shelley.

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 ...

Romance, drama, and sorrow abound in Mary Shelley, a new biopic about the famed ... During one stormy night in Geneva, Byron wages a bet with his guests to see who can come up with the scariest ...

To those who know Mary Shelley best, the flavor and quality of her writing comes as no surprise. The author was influenced by great artists and thinkers throughout her life, from her philosopher ...

A Dutch novelist envisions the creation of “Frankenstein,” Shelley ... philosophers Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, is summering scandalously on the shores of Lake Geneva with ...

The Cleveland Play House production of “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein" runs through Nov. 12 at Playhouse Square’s Outcalt Theatre. (Roger Mastroianni) Audiences attending the upcoming ...