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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the Birth of Frankenstein
On January 1, 1818, a small London publisher printed 500 copies of Frankenstein;...
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
English Romantic novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, oil on canvas by Richard Rothwell,...
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Where Mary Shelley started Frankenstein
Villa Diodati, a mansion in Cologny, Switzerland. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley began...
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Mary Shelley's family tree
Mary Shelley's family was ingrained in the literary movements of her time.
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The main characters of Frankenstein
Explore the many ill-fated characters of Mary Shelley's Gothic horror masterpiece.
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Frankenstein: An interactive journey
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