Who was a model for Mary Shelley’s protagonist? Candidates include a 17th-century alchemist and Charles Darwin’s grandfather.

The Last Frankenstein is flawed, yes, yet it has some fun moments. The opening looks and sounds like a gore romp; think a modern, heady video nasty a la the work of Jess Franco. The fun does come, ...

Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein in 1816 ... at this time so she published the book anonymously, hoping that people would take it more seriously. In 1831, when it had become a success ...

But did Mary Shelley ... Frankenstein and that Mary’s role was little more than ‘fair copying’ his drafts. Given Mary’s young age, ‘she wouldn’t have known anything about all the electrics,’ he argues ...

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

Gothic is a psychosexual thriller that gives audiences an insight into the events surrounding Frankenstein ’s invention and ...

published an article in the yearly Karkonosz which describes a potential connection between his home town and… Mary Shelley’s famous novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. According to ...