The Surprising History Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | After Dark
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In this episode of Ater Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, they chat about 19-year-old Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein in a Swiss villa surrounded by other brilliant young minds.
During a time of radical change, a gothic masterpiece was written by the teenage Mary Shelley. Published in 1818, Frankenstein takes us into a dark world where man and monster meet in mutual torment. A world of raw, animalistic fear. How was this story influenced by the tragedies in Mary Shelley's own life, and the early 19th century obsessions with playing God?
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