And in those pages was a faithful understanding of Victor Frankenstein, the young and eager medical student living in 18th century Switzerland. By that detail alone, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein ...

In this age of transhumanist temptation, Frankenstein is as relevant as the inflatable ogre billowing in the front yard.

Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece about a young scientist’s quest to create new life. Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece about a young scientist’s quest to create new life. Mary Shelley’s ...

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

When the Purdue Theater Department began production for Mary Shelley Presents: Frankenstein, the cast had no script other than the source material. Shelley's words and the cast and crew's interpretati ...

In the novel, the titular doctor is Victor Frankenstein, while in the films, he’s named Henry. It seems he’s swapped names ...

When Frankenstein was first published in 1818, critics were divided. Some were appalled by the lurid details of the writer’s ...

To read Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is to read a good number of stories told on top of each other. I’ve heard readings of the novel as a direct retelling of “Paradise Lost,” a ...

Mary Shelley was only 18 when she first told a group the story of “Frankenstein,” and the novel was published when she was just 20. “In 1816, no one was clamoring for a woman to write ...

It has been six years since the Lone Star Ballet did its last version of the age-old novel, "Frankenstein," written by Mary Shelley. Audiences were thrilled by the 1931 movie version starring ...

Get Out' star Betty Gabriel recalls the power of Kenneth Branagh's horror adaptation of 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.' ...

Mary Shelley started writing Frankenstein in 1816 when her friends held a competition to write a scary story. Her friends included the famous poets Percy Shelley and Lord Byron. Shelley’s story ...