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Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic horror novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818).

Mary Shelley articles on Spooky Isles

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - a scene from the most famous screen version, Frankenstien1931.

Why I Love Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

12 November 2024

Charles Ogle, in the Thomas Edison silent film version of Frankenstein 1910.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: 19 Things You Didn’t Know

4 October 2024

10 Mary Shelley Essential Facts You Need To Know

30 August 2024

Gothic 1986 Blu-Ray

Ken Russell’s Gothic 1986, Now Available On Blu-Ray

27 September 2023

Mary Shelley And The Birth of Frankenstein

7 September 2018

Neglected Monsters, or Why Frankenstein was a Terrible Father

8 March 2018

John Polidori: Genesis of The Vampyre and the Byronic Hero

1 March 2018

Reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a liberation against an old world...

11 January 2017

Does The Ghost Of Mary Shelley’s Sister Haunt Swansea?

22 April 2015

Gothic 1986 with Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson and Timothy Spall

Gothic 1986 REVIEW

27 March 2015

10 Great Women From Gothic Horror

8 March 2015

The Haunting of Percy Bysshe Shelley

23 December 2013

Frankenstein Galvanized BOOK REVIEW

11 October 2012

Bride of Frankenstein 1935 REVIEW

27 June 2012

Charles Ogle and the first Frankenstein 1910 REVIEW

2 March 2012

Frankenstein 1931 REVIEW

19 November 2011

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