G.+Frankenstien

Steel Engraving by Theodore Von Holst, from an 1831 publication - A modern cover- less macabre, more nature media type="custom" key="4258827" Trailer from the 1994 adaptation by Kenneth Branagh, staring Branagh, Robert DeNiro and Helena Bonham-Carter (Seeny Todd) Mary Shelley, the ultimate goth girl! NOTES ON THE AUTHOR -While spending time at home Mary is reintroduced to Percy Shelley (a friend/follower of her father). Percy is married, but they still fall in love (similar intellects) -Father is outraged, but Shelley and Mary eventually elope - Mary was 16 - Percy was 21 -The young couple have financial struggles -Mary gets pregnant-has a daughter, who dies -Mary & Percy marry and begin to travel and see the world providing them time to develope thier writing -In the summer of 1816 (Mary 19) they go to stay in Geneva with Lord Byron and Polidori -The weather is harsh and they sepnd most days indoors -Byron proposes a challenge of a ghost story -gets idea for Frankenstein from a conversation they have about how life can be created. She has a nightmare about it and wakes up the next day to write -She completes the novel in May 1817 -Published January 1, 1818 -Percy dies when Mary is 24 and leaves Mary to support their only surviving son -She lives for another 29 years with people’s negative opinions of her relationship with Percy -She has a hard time getting work -Works as a professional writer (must also support her father) -Lived until the age of 54-died in 1851 of brain tumor

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