<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=39kJHQ_0wMnUxlx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=39kJHQ_0wMnUxlx00" width="251" height="299" >Mary Shelley was born on August 30th, 1797, to Mary Wollstonecraft, a feminist author who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and William Godwin, a political journalist, social philosopher, and religious dissenter.Frankenstein was created from a contest proposed by Lord Byron, a scandalous man that Mary Shelley, her husband, Percy Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori were staying with at Byron’s mansion. Byron challenged all those present to write a story that would rival those found in Fantasmagoriana, an anthology of German ghost stories. In this contest, “The Vampyre” and Frankenstein were the only two stories to gain success. “The Vampyre” would even go on to influence Bram Stoker’s Dracula.On January 1st, 1818, 500 copies of Frankenstein were anonymously printed. Because of the novel’s topics, which could be considered controversial at the time, Mary didn’t claim ownership immediately. Her husband or father was speculated to be the author for some time before Mary released the novel’s second edition, and this time, it was under her own name.Frankenstein was a hit from the start, and many years after its publication, it’s still popular, with many adaptations existing about the story. You can find many versions and adaptations of the famous tale on the Freeman/Lozier Library’s website.Frankenstein &amp; More:*Online Version*Physical Version (PR5397 .F7 1994b)*Simplified Version (PR5397.F7 2007)*1931 Movie (DVD PN1995.9.H6 F73 1999)*“The Vampyre” by John Polidori*Dracula (Online) &amp; Dracula (Physical; PS3558.A362 D7 1993) by Bram StokerSources:https://www.gale.com/open-access/frankenstein#:~:text=Frankenstein%2C%20by%20English%20author%20Mary,criticism%20that%20invite%20further%20interpretation.Image Source: https://snl.no/Frankenstein</div></body>

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Mary Shelley was born on August 30th, 1797, to Mary Wollstonecraft, a feminist author who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and William Godwin, a political journalist, social philosopher, and religious dissenter. Frankenstein was created from a contest proposed by Lord Byron, a scandalous man that Mary Shelley,...