Possibly even more interesting than the story within Frankenstein is the story of its author, Mary Shelley.. Born Mary ...

“Mary Shelley” begins in the author’s late teens, where Mary (Elle Fanning) lives with her father, author William Godwin (Stephen Dillane, “Game of Thrones”), and the ghost (figurative ...

"Mary Shelley had a complicated relationship to feminism," Mellor said. "She made a living supporting herself and her son by writing, which was not common, especially for a single woman." Willem ...

Mary Shelley set a high bar for herself with Frankenstein. Her 1826 novel The Last Man also explores philosophical themes under the guise of a sci-fi premise. In the dystopian tale, ...

In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus.” In the novel, Frankenstein brings a creature to life with a "spark of being." Grotesque experiments with electricity ...

So too was Mary Shelley when she first published “Frankenstein” because the novel was so controversial for 1818. IF YOU GO. WHAT: “Anonymous: a tale of Mary Shelley,” written by Kevin O ...

It was a monster of a sale. A rare first-edition copy of Mary Shelley’s classic novel “Frankenstein” — one of only three copies known to have survived — fetched a spine-tingling $843,750 ...

Michael Barakiva directs the Cleveland Play House's 'Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,' which runs through Nov. 12 at Playhouse Square’s Outcalt Theatre.

Mary Shelley was famously inspired to write “Frankenstein”—the tale of a monster and the man who created him—because of a ghost story competition. “Alive: The Mary Shelley Musical,” a First Stages ...

In theory, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was meant to fit snugly beside those efforts and other trendy lunges toward literary prestige in the industry.In fact, after Coppola elected to not direct ...