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Today in 1816, Mary Shelley, her husband, Percy, and Mary's stepsister Claire arrived in Bath.

Mary didn’t spend that much time in Somerset, but her stay in Bath was very significant. Staying until early 1817, she wrote much of Frankenstein whilst living there.

Considered the first-ever science fiction novel, the city’s Francis Hotel on Queen’s Square features in the masterpiece. Oh, and Mary was only 19 years old at the time.

Portrait of Mary shelley

Today in History August 30, 1797: Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright was born. She is most famous for her novel, “Frankenstein.” However, she wrote several other novels, including the historical novels Valperga (1823) and Perkin Warbeck (1830), the apocalyptic novel The Last Man (1826). She married the romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelly. Her father was the early anarchist philosopher, William Godwin. And her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, was a writer and a feminist activist. Mary Shelley was a political radical throughout her life, influenced by the anarchism of her father.

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Cover of Frankenstein, with a man carrying a woman beneath a dark, cloudy sky

“…my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee…”
—Mary Shelley, introduction to FRANKENSTEIN (1831 edn)

Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was born , 30 August. Prof Daniel Cook examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition

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https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/mary-shelley-and-the-scottish-gothic-tradition/

! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a online talk on by . This talk previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) via , which is scheduled for June 2025. This is part of the SPACE Showcase day of programming.

Everyone is invited!

Teaser: https://youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTmQW-W6_w7mG

Info on the May 3 talk: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-spring-space-showcase/

Pictured (in black and white) is a bust of Mary Shelley with her novel The Last Man and The Mary Shelley Reader anthology from Oxford stacked together in the background.

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Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley: Flucht aus England (German language, 2002, Achilla Presse) No rating

In den Erinerrungen der Autorin des „Frankenstein“ an ihre Reisen durch Deutschland, Frankreich und die …

📻️⌛️WDR Zeitzeichen: Ein Vulkanausbruch, Schauergeschichten und – das Fahrrad🌋️👻️🚲️

Zehntausende Menschen reißt der Ausbruch des Vulkans Tambora Anfang April 1815 in den Tod. Das folgende Jahr geht nicht nur als „Jahr ohne Sommer“ in die Geschichte ein.

Die Folgen des Vulkanausbruchs 1815 treffen die Welt ungleich: Während Nordamerika, Europa und Russland sich nach den Hungersnöten stabilisieren und langfristig sogar wirtschaftlich und politisch gestärkt aus der Krise hervorgehen, leiden Indien und China noch jahrzehntelang unter den Folgen der Ernteausfälle, Hungersnöte und sozialen Unruhen.

www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/zeitzeichen/audio-ein-vulkanausbruch-schauergeschichten-und---das-fahrrad-100.html

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Today in Labor History March 29, 1797: William Godwin married Mary Wollstonecraft. Godwin was an English journalist, philosopher and novelist. And one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. His most famous books are “An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice” and “Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams,” a mystery novel that attacks aristocratic privilege. Wollstonecraft was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, and is regarded by many as one of the founding feminist philosophers. Her most famous book was “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792). She died 11 days after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

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To my delight, my month-long "Meet " module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) via has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.

This novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2EcVRnhii0

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

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Here are the best fiction books I read through 2024. Full reviews at waywordsstudio. com.

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