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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frankenreads: An International Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
When, in 1818 at the age of twenty, Mary Shelley published her classic Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus, she likely could not have imagined the enduring nature of what she had created nor the innumerable permutations her novel would spawn. Two hundred years later, "Frankenstein" is universally known, and children as well as adults are variously horrified or amused by the creature brought to life in a laboratory. It is perhaps the world's best-known horror story.
The Library of Congress materials relating to Shelley's novel reflect the diversity of Frankenstein adaptations. This small display, which includes one of only 500 copies of the novel's first printing (in three volumes), offers but a glimpse of the Frankenstein materials in the Library's collections. |