A Novel for Halloween: Mary Shelley’s annotated copy of Frankenstein
Submitted by Sheelagh Bevan on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 9:30amWhat would Halloween be without monsters, and what would monsters be without Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818)? The work has been cited as the most widely published English novel of all time—a book, written by a 19-year-old, that launched a thousand translations, imitations, and adaptations on stage and screen.