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Mary Shelley and the legacy of Frankenstein

Origin of a classic: Shelley conceived Frankenstein during the 'year without a summer' in 1816, inspired by a ghost story challenge with Lord Byron and Percy Shelley. Themes that endure: The novel ...

Quote of the day by Mary Shelley: "I was benevolent and good; misery made…" Powerful message by the author of Frankenstein

The Quote of the Day comes from Mary Shelley, who was an acclaimed British writer renowned for the novel Frankenstein. Mary ...
Chicago Tribune

When Frankenstein was a Chicagoan, or why Mary Shelley’s creation will never die

It’s difficult to say what’s more surprising: that one of the leading surgeons in Chicago from the 1900s through the 1940s was named Victor Frankenstein, or that after Victor Frankenstein was born in ...