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Mary Shelley Brings Frankenstein to Life

HISTORY This Week

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The Legend of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon says Frankenstein is not an instant classic. When Mary reveals herself as the author in 1821 many people are stunned. It is Mary's ghosts that haunt the novels pages and her writing that has made the story endure.

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