Mary Shelley's Notes for Frankenstein
"What terrified me will terrify others."
Happy (almost) Halloween! In honor of this spooky season, I thought it would be fun to look at the notes behind my absolute favorite monster: Dr. Frankenstein’s creature.
It all started with a game: Mary Shelley1 (1797-1851) and her friends gathered on a cold, stormy night2 and challenged one another to write ghost stories. There’s a lot of gossip surround…
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