Friday, March 11, 2005Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOn March 11, 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was published. She was 21. In Shelley's tale, a scientist animates a creature constructed from dismembered corpses. The gentle, intellectually gifted creature is enormous and physically hideous. Cruelly... Sign in to see full entry. |
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