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The Monsters

Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein

By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler

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| Paperback | 9780316066402

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One murky night in 1816, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron, famed English poet, challenged his friends to a contest--to write a ghost story. The assembled groupincluded the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley; his lover (and future wife) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; Mary's stepsister Claire Claremont; aContinue

One murky night in 1816, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron, famed English poet, challenged his friends to a contest--to write a ghost story. The assembled groupincluded the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley; his lover (and future wife) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; Mary's stepsister Claire Claremont; and Byron's physician, John William Polidori. The famous result was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a workthat has retained its hold on the popular imagination for almost two centuries. Less well-known was the curious Polidori's contribution: the first vampire novel. And theevening begat a curse, too: Within a few years of Frankenstein's publication, nearly all of those involved met untimely deaths. Drawing upon letters, rarely tapped archives, and their own magisterial rereading of Frankenstein itself, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have crafted a rip-roaring tale of obsession and creation.

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  • The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein By Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

    Writers' night The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein opens in June 1816, as a spooky summer storm rages around the Swiss villa of Lord Byron. Inside, five friends sit near a warm fire, writing ghost stories at the behest of their h ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 400 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0316066400
  • ISBN-13: 9780316066402
  • Publisher: Back Bay Books
  • Pub date: Aug 20, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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