Theodore Von Holst's frontispiece to the 1831 edition
of Mary Shelley's classic tale, 'Frankenstein' as published
by Colburn & Bentley (London)
'Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus' is without question, Mary Shelley's most famous contribution to literature.
As a writer, I was particularly interested to learn something about her life as I wrote the following blog post looking at that life from the astrological perspective.
Link to Blog Post: 'Mary Shelley: A Woman and her Frankenstein Monster'
Mary is, of course, no longer with us. But as today would have been her birthday, let's all give her a Frankenstein-worthy groan.
Wherever she is, maybe she'll laugh...!
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I hope she is laughing now, she didnt have much to laugh about when she lived.
ReplyDeleteThe linked post was a great read! I'm a fan of the novel Frankenstein and the Boris Karloff pic is a classic, too. Love it!
You're right...Mary Shelley didn't have what we could call a fine and frivolous life. It's sad but insightful how many great artists seem to live a life which is so troubled or problematic.
DeleteThere's a post here on the blog on Agatha Christie which also seems to make this point: http://astroppm.blogspot.com/2010/09/agatha-christie-case-of-mistress.html (Or just look in the sidebar under "People Posts.")
As for Boris Karloff - to he's just the classic Frankenstein!
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(For the benefit of others reading the above comment, the Boris Karloff as Frankenstein photo being referred to here is posted on the astroPPM Facebook page.)